--- title: so the king is mad and wants Noureddin's house flattened, right? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: so the king is mad and wants Noureddin's house flattened, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/208-pg128-part48/t2/) [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 Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/208-pg128-part48/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N… so the king is mad and wants Noureddin's house flattened, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, house · **What happens:** be, want, flatten This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» 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/208-pg128-part48/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t2:1 # text = so the king is mad and wants Noureddin's house flattened, right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 flattened flatten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the king | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **flatten** | past | Noureddin's house | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} nope, just a few guys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t2:o1:1 # text = nope, just a few guys 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, ten guys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t2:o2:1 # text = yeah, ten guys 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nope, they just wanted to arrest him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t2:o3:1 # text = nope, they just wanted to arrest him 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 arrest arrest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **arrest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yup, forty guys, total wreck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t2:o4:1 # text = yup, forty guys, total wreck 1 yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wreck wreck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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