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title: deadass, how much did the dad pay for the Persian at first? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beau… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, how much did the dad pay for the Persian at first? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part…

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deadass, how much did the dad pay for the Persian at first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** pay

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t6:1
# text = deadass, how much did the dad pay for the Persian at first?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · do-support | the dad |  |  |  |  | for the Persian | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for persian=Theme |

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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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Ten thousand gold pieces and a tent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t6:o1:1
# text = Ten thousand gold pieces and a tent
1	Ten	ten	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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8,000 gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t6:o2:1
# text = 8,000 gold coins
1	8,000	8,000	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	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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5,000 gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t6:o3:1
# text = 5,000 gold
1	5,000	5000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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10,000 gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t6:o4:1
# text = 10,000 gold pieces
1	10,000	10000	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	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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