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title: Sick, what did the Caliph pick up for the Vizier's missus? — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, what did the Caliph pick up for the Vizier's missus? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 9 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Sick, what did the Caliph pick up for the Vizier's missus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Caliph · **What happens:** sick, pick up

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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/1871-pg7277-part8/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t9:1
# text = Sick, what did the Caliph pick up for the Vizier's missus?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	missus	missus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** | past · do-support | the Caliph |  |  |  |  | for the Vizier's missus | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A jewelled comb, proper bling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t9:o1:1
# text = A jewelled comb, proper bling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bling	bling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A jewelled comb and a pearl necklace, proper bling for the missus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t9:o2:1
# text = A jewelled comb and a pearl necklace, proper bling for the missus
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pearl	pearl	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bling	bling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	missus	missus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A jewelled comb, proper bling, and a pair of golden earrings for her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t9:o3:1
# text = A jewelled comb, proper bling, and a pair of golden earrings for her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bling	bling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A silver ring, proper nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t9:o4:1
# text = A silver ring, proper nice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nice	nice	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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**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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