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title: did the princesses squad up or did one of them snitch? — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the princesses squad up or did one of them snitch? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

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did the princesses squad up or did one of them snitch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** princesses · **What happens:** squad up, do, snitch · **To what, where:** one

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» 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/203-pg128-part43/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t3:1
# text = did the princesses squad up or did one of them snitch?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	squad	squad	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	snitch	snitch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squad up** | past · do-support | the princesses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | the princesses *not said here* | one of princesses |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
| 3 | **snitch** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they squad up for the wedding but then one of them secretly betrays the other to the guard

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t3:o1:1
# text = they squad up for the wedding but then one of them secretly betrays the other to the guard
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squad	squad	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	betrays	betray	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squad up** | present | they |  |  |  |  | for the wedding | tree rules |
| 2 | **betray** | present | one of them | the other |  |  |  | to the guard; secretly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one told the king in private

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t3:o2:1
# text = one told the king in private
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they squad up at first, but one of them snitches later to the king in private

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t3:o3:1
# text = they squad up at first, but one of them snitches later to the king in private
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squad	squad	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	snitches	snitch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squad up** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **snitch** *speech: other* | present | one of them |  | the king | private |  | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they squad up and keep it secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t3:o4:1
# text = they squad up and keep it secret
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squad	squad	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squad up** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | they *not said here* | it |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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