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title: what did Sindbad reckon he heard near him at the end? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Sindbad reckon he heard near him at the end? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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what did Sindbad reckon he heard near him at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** reckon, hear · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» 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/186-pg128-part26/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t10:1
# text = what did Sindbad reckon he heard near him at the end?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Sindbad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | Sindbad |  |  |  | at the end | near him *= he* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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someone whispering nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t10:o1:1
# text = someone whispering nearby
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
3	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a wolf growling softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t10:o2:1
# text = a wolf growling softly
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	growling	growl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | gerund | a wolf |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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something breathing loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t10:o3:1
# text = something breathing loudly
1	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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something breathing loudly, like a huge beast lying just beside him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t10:o4:1
# text = something breathing loudly, like a huge beast lying just beside him
1	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like a huge beast; loudly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | a huge beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | beside him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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