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title: so what was the king's gaff like, all lush? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what was the king's gaff like, all lush? Test 11 · ★ 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 dependency 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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so what was the king's gaff like, all lush?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** gaff

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t11:1
# text = so what was the king's gaff like, all lush?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the king's gaff and all lush |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 city full of desirable stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t11:o1:1
# text = a city full of desirable stuff
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	desirable	desirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a huge city with grand palaces, busy markets and many desirable goods to buy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t11:o2:1
# text = a huge city with grand palaces, busy markets and many desirable goods to buy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	desirable	desirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a busy port with many ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t11:o3:1
# text = a busy port with many ships
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a city full of desirable stuff, markets, gardens and wide streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t11:o4:1
# text = a city full of desirable stuff, markets, gardens and wide streets
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	desirable	desirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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