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title: The Caliph was well fed up about the magic word, wasn't he? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Caliph was well fed up about the magic word, wasn't he? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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The Caliph was well fed up about the magic word, wasn't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** feed up, not be · **To what, where:** Caliph, he

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t8:1
# text = The Caliph was well fed up about the magic word, wasn't he?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | the Caliph |  |  |  | about the magic word; well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past |  | he |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yeah, he was dead grumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t8:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was dead grumpy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | grumpy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t8:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was chill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | chill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he kept chatting about the palace and his fine robes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he kept chatting about the palace and his fine robes
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the palace and his fine robes | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about palace=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he kept bowing and yelling Mu-mu-mu, mad as anything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he kept bowing and yelling Mu-mu-mu, mad as anything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bowing	bow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
8	Mu	Mu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bow** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | Mu |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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