--- title: Was the hunchback dancing or sleeping when he died? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchb… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the hunchback dancing or sleeping when he died? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/t11/) [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 Tale of the Hunchb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung… Was the hunchback dancing or sleeping when he died? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, sleep, die · **To what, where:** hunchback dancing This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» 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/196-pg128-part36/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t11:1 # text = Was the hunchback dancing or sleeping when he died? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hunchback hunchback ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the hunchback dancing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | past | he | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he was eating fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t11:o1:1 # text = he was eating fish 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | he | fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was singing a song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t11:o2:1 # text = he was singing a song 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | he | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was drinking wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t11:o3:1 # text = he was drinking wine 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | he | wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was singing and playing his drum loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t11:o4:1 # text = he was singing and playing his drum loudly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **play** | gerund | he *not said here* | his drum | | | | loudly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | **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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