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title: how many sequins did Sindbad give Hindbad, tho? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: how many sequins did Sindbad give Hindbad, tho? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

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how many sequins did Sindbad give Hindbad, tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many sequins · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** Hindbad

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/185-pg128-part25/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t9:1
# text = how many sequins did Sindbad give Hindbad, tho?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sequins	sequin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Hindbad	Hindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	tho	tho	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | many sequins | Hindbad |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hindbad=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hundred, easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = a hundred, easy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
every sequin he had from the sale, no problem at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = every sequin he had from the sale, no problem at all
1	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	sequin	sequin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | every sequin |  |  | the sale |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ten, easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = ten, easy
1	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a thousand, sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = a thousand, sure
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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