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title: Lowkey, that talisman was trash for him, right? — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, that talisman was trash for him, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess rev…

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Lowkey, that talisman was trash for him, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** talisman · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** trash

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» 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/205-pg128-part45/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t3:1
# text = Lowkey, that talisman was trash for him, right?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that talisman | trash |  |  |  | for Lowkey | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it split him from his true love for years and years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it split him from his true love for years and years
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	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  | year | from his true love | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient from love=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **love** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, it tore him from his wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it tore him from his wife
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	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tore** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | from his wife | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it split him from his true love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it split him from his true love
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	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | from his true love | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient from love=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **love** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, that talisman split him from his true love and his home completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, that talisman split him from his true love and his home completely
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | that talisman | him *= he* |  |  |  | from talisman's true love and talisman's home; completely *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient from love=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **love** |  | talisman |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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