--- title: Wait, was Marzavan's boat a total wreck? — Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman an… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, was Marzavan's boat a total wreck? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/200-pg128-part40/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, Prince Camaralzaman an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/200-pg128-part40/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura,… Wait, was Marzavan's boat a total wreck? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** total wreck, boat This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t4:1 # text = Wait, was Marzavan's boat a total wreck? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 wreck wreck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | a total wreck | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | Marzavan's boat | | | | | 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 {#o1} Yeah, it broke on rocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it broke on rocks 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | it | | | rocks | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, it sank far out at sea and he was rescued by fishermen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it sank far out at sea and he was rescued by fishermen 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 fishermen fisherman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | it | | | sea | | out *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **rescue** | past · passive | fishermen | he | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, it sank by the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it sank by the palace 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | it | | | | | by the palace | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it stayed afloat and he sailed it back home to Torf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, it stayed afloat and he sailed it back home to Torf 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 afloat afloat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Torf Torf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | it | | | | | afloat *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sail** | past | he | it | Torf | | | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | **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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