--- title: what's the hunchback doing before he gets to the tailor's? — Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback,… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the hunchback doing before he gets to the tailor's? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 191 «Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad ends his last voyage, and a hunchback dies at supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/191-pg128-part31/t4/) [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, The Little Hunchback,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/191-pg128-part31/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad end… what's the hunchback doing before he gets to the tailor's? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunchback, he · **What happens:** be, do, get This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 191 «Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad ends his last voyage, and a hunchback dies at supper» 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/191-pg128-part31/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:t4:1 # text = what's the hunchback doing before he gets to the tailor's? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the hunchback | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the hunchback *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | present | he | | | | | to the tailor *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tailor=Result | 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} walkin home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:t4:o1:1 # text = walkin home 1 walkin walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} singin and bangin his tambourine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:t4:o2:1 # text = singin and bangin his tambourine 1 singin singin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 bangin bangin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tambourine tambourine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} sleepin by the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:t4:o3:1 # text = sleepin by the wall 1 sleepin sleepin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} dancin and bangin a drum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:t4:o4:1 # text = dancin and bangin a drum 1 dancin dancin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 bangin bangin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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