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title: so the cave had ten steps and fifty jars, right? — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the cave had ten steps and fifty jars, right? Test 8 · ★ 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 question an
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the cave had ten steps and fifty jars, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cave · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** ten steps

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t8:1
# text = so the cave had ten steps and fifty jars, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the cave | ten steps and fifty jars |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient |

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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 -->
yeah, ten steps down into the dark and fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust and ash

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, ten steps down into the dark and fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust and ash
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
13	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  | fifty bronze jars *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold dust and ash | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dust=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was ten steps down and fifty jars, but the jars were empty and sealed with wax

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t8:o2:1
# text = nah, it was ten steps down and fifty jars, but the jars were empty and sealed with wax
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | ten steps and fifty jars |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the jars |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **seal** | participle | the jars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with wax | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, twenty steps and sixty silver-filled jars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t8:o3:1
# text = nah, twenty steps and sixty silver-filled jars
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, ten steps down and fifty gold-filled jars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah, ten steps down and fifty gold-filled jars
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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