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title: Mate, who was the grand-vizir's bestie in this? — Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, who was the grand-vizir's bestie in this? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragma
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura,…

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Mate, who was the grand-vizir's bestie in this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bestie, this

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t6:1
# text = Mate, who was the grand-vizir's bestie in this?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	bestie	bestie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the grand vizir's bestie | the grand vizir's bestie |  | this |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The prince's tutor, I guess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t6:o1:1
# text = The prince's tutor, I guess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tutor	tutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | the prince's tutor |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king, I think, maybe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t6:o2:1
# text = The king, I think, maybe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the king |  |  |  |  | maybe *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, he just told Marzavan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t6:o3:1
# text = Nobody, he just told Marzavan
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Marzavan	Marzavan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he |  | Marzavan |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent marzavan=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:200-pg128-part40:t6:o4:1
# text = Nobody, really
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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