--- title: Okay, so what was the prince's real problem? — Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman an… · tree and pragmatics description: Okay, so what was the prince's real problem? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 200 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura, part 40: Marzavan's ship sinks near the palace, and he gives the sick prince new hope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/200-pg128-part40/t12/) [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, Prince Camaralzaman an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/200-pg128-part40/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura,… Okay, so what was the prince's real problem? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real problem · **What happens:** be This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 200 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura, part 40: Marzavan's ship sinks near the palace, and he gives the sick prince new hope» 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/200-pg128-part40/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t12:1 # text = Okay, so what was the prince's real problem? 1 Okay okay INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the prince's real problem | | | | | | 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} He was ill and had been lost in grief over a dead love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t12:o1:1 # text = He was ill and had been lost in grief over a dead love 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 cop _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | He *not said here* | | | grief | | over a dead love | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in grief=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was mentally ill from a curse and lost his way at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t12:o2:1 # text = He was mentally ill from a curse and lost his way at sea 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 mentally mentally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | a curse | | ill, mentally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | past | He *not said here* | his way | | sea | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was bitten by a snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t12:o3:1 # text = He was bitten by a snake 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:pass _ _ 3 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past · passive | a snake | He | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He was ill and lost in grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t12:o4:1 # text = He was ill and lost in grief 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 cop _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | participle | He *not said here* | | | grief | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in grief=Eventuality | **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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