--- title: so what's the least the slave guys said she was worth? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beau… · tree and pragmatics description: so what's the least the slave guys said she was worth? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» 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/207-pg128-part47/t11/) [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, Noureddin and the Beau…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/207-pg128-part47/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part… so what's the least the slave guys said she was worth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** slave guys, she · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» 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/207-pg128-part47/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t11:1 # text = so what's the least the slave guys said she was worth? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | least *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the slave guys | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | she | | | | | worth *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 5,000 gold coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t11:o1:1 # text = 5,000 gold coins 1 5,000 5000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Four thousand gold pieces at least ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t11:o2:1 # text = Four thousand gold pieces at least 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 2,000 coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t11:o3:1 # text = 2,000 coins 1 2,000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 4,000 gold pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t11:o4:1 # text = 4,000 gold pieces 1 4,000 4,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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