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title: Be real, what did the hunchback do before he died? — Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be real, what did the hunchback do before he died? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confess…

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Be real, what did the hunchback do before he died?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real, he · **What happens:** be, do, die · **To what, where:** hunchback

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» 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/193-pg128-part33/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t6:1
# text = Be real, what did the hunchback do before he died?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the hunchback |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunchback=Eventuality |
| 3 | **do** | present | real |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **die** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ate too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t6:o1:1
# text = Ate too much
1	Ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past |  | much |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Slept in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t6:o2:1
# text = Slept in the hall
1	Slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | participle |  |  |  | the hall |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ate a whole roast lamb and drank too much red wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t6:o3:1
# text = Ate a whole roast lamb and drank too much red wine
1	Ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past |  | a whole roast lamb |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | past |  | much red wine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drank too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t6:o4:1
# text = Drank too much
1	Drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past |  | much |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |

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