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title: wait, how did they dodge the king's guys? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, how did they dodge the king's guys? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

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wait, how did they dodge the king's guys?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, they · **What happens:** wait, dodge · **To what, where:** guys

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t3:1
# text = wait, how did they dodge the king's guys?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dodge** | past · do-support | they | the king's guys |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent guy=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sangiar tipped them off and they bounced on a ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t3:o1:1
# text = Sangiar tipped them off and they bounced on a ship
1	Sangiar	Sangiar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip off** | past | Sangiar | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **bounce** | past | they |  |  | a ship |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ship=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they bribed a guard and walked out the front gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t3:o2:1
# text = they bribed a guard and walked out the front gate
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bribe** | past | they | a guard |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
| 2 | **walk out** | past | they *not said here* | the front gate |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the old doorkeeper hid them in a cupboard till night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t3:o3:1
# text = the old doorkeeper hid them in a cupboard till night
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	till	till	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the old doorkeeper | them *= they* |  | a cupboard | night |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in cupboard=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the king's guys got lost in the market and the couple bought a boat from a fisherman in the afternoon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t3:o4:1
# text = the king's guys got lost in the market and the couple bought a boat from a fisherman in the afternoon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | the king's guys |  | the market |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **buy** | past | the couple | a boat |  | a fisherman | afternoon |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent boat=Theme from fisherman=Source |

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