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title: be real, what did the slave get for lying about the lady? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Cam… · tree and pragmatics
description: be real, what did the slave get for lying about the lady? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39:…

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be real, what did the slave get for lying about the lady?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, do, get, lie · **To what, where:** slave

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» 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/199-pg128-part39/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t6:1
# text = be real, what did the slave get for lying about the lady?
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	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	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 slave |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the lady | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about lady=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a beating and a ducking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t6:o1:1
# text = a beating and a ducking
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducking	ducking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a scolding and a fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t6:o2:1
# text = a scolding and a fine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a beating, a ducking, and years in chains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t6:o3:1
# text = a beating, a ducking, and years in chains
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducking	ducking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a beating and exile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t6:o4:1
# text = a beating and exile
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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