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title: what did Sindbad do to the lady who got dropped in? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Sindbad do to the lady who got dropped in? Test 8 · ★ 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 depe
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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what did Sindbad do to the lady who got dropped in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** do, drop in · **To what, where:** lady

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t8:1
# text = what did Sindbad do to the lady who got dropped in?
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	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Sindbad |  |  |  |  | to the lady | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drop in** | past · passive |  | the lady |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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}

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hit her hard with a rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t8:o1:1
# text = hit her hard with a rock
1	hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a rock; hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with rock=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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stabbed her with a knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t8:o2:1
# text = stabbed her with a knife
1	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a knife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with knife=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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knocked her out with a heavy bone and dragged her to the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t8:o3:1
# text = knocked her out with a heavy bone and dragged her to the wall
1	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a heavy bone | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with bone=Instrument |
| 2 | **drag** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the wall |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to wall=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
knocked her out with a bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t8:o4:1
# text = knocked her out with a bone
1	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a bone | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with bone=Instrument |

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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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