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title: what is a vestibule even, sounds fake — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: what is a vestibule even, sounds fake Test 9 · ★ 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 and
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

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what is a vestibule even, sounds fake

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vestibule · **What happens:** be, sound · **To what, where:** vestibule

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t9:1
# text = what is a vestibule even, sounds fake
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vestibule	vestibule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a vestibule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | a vestibule *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little porch in front of the door, where guests wait before the saloon, with silver lamps and carpets

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t9:o1:1
# text = a little porch in front of the door, where guests wait before the saloon, with silver lamps and carpets
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	saloon	saloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	parataxis	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	carpets	carpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | a little porch in front of the door |  |  | the saloon |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before saloon=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind of garden path leading to the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t9:o2:1
# text = a kind of garden path leading to the gate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund | a kind of garden path *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the gate | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to gate=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little porch in front of the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t9:o3:1
# text = a little porch in front of the door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a roofed entrance hall inside the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t9:o4:1
# text = a roofed entrance hall inside the house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	roofed	roof	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roof** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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