--- title: Mad, how big was that ruby vase, roughly? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Mad, how big was that ruby vase, roughly? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/189-pg128-part29/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/189-pg128-part29/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float… Mad, how big was that ruby vase, roughly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Mad ruby vase This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» 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/189-pg128-part29/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t10:1 # text = Mad, how big was that ruby vase, roughly? 1 Mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 ruby ruby NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Mad ruby vase | | | | roughly *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} About six feet high ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t10:o1:1 # text = About six feet high 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Around eight inches tall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t10:o2:1 # text = Around eight inches tall 1 Around around ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About six inches high and set on a golden base with rubies all around ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t10:o3:1 # text = About six inches high and set on a golden base with rubies all around 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 rubies ruby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 around around ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | participle | | | | a golden base with rubies | | around *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on base=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} About six inches high ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t10:o4:1 # text = About six inches high 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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