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title: yo what did Sindbad knock up to make the king's horse ride way better? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo what did Sindbad knock up to make the king's horse ride way better? Test 2 · ★ 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 sc
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# Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo what did Sindbad knock up to make the king's horse ride way better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** knock up, make, ride · **To what, where:** horse, way

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t2:1
# text = yo what did Sindbad knock up to make the king's horse ride way better?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock up** | past · do-support | Sindbad |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the king's horse |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horse=Product |
| 3 | **ride** | present |  | way |  |  |  | good *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a blanket, quilted and red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t2:o1:1
# text = a blanket, quilted and red
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	quilted	quilt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quilt** | participle |  | a blanket *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bridle, gold-stitched and fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t2:o2:1
# text = a bridle, gold-stitched and fine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stitch** | participle · passive |  | a bridle |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a saddle, wadded and gold-stitched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t2:o3:1
# text = a saddle, wadded and gold-stitched
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	wadded	wad	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wad** | participle | a saddle |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **stitch** | participle | a saddle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a saddle, wadded and gold-stitched, and reins for the king's own horse

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t2:o4:1
# text = a saddle, wadded and gold-stitched, and reins for the king's own horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	wadded	wad	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wad** | participle |  | a saddle and reins for the king's own horse *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **stitch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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