--- title: Yo, did Saouy really gobble the top bit of the letter? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, did Saouy really gobble the top bit of the letter? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/210-pg128-part50/t1/) [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 Ali and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/210-pg128-part50/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'… Yo, did Saouy really gobble the top bit of the letter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, gobble · **To what, where:** Saouy, top bit This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» 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/210-pg128-part50/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t1:1 # text = Yo, did Saouy really gobble the top bit of the letter? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gobble gobble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Saouy | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saouy=Eventuality | | 2 | **gobble** | present | | the top bit of the letter | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bit=Theme | 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} Nah, he just tore the top off, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t1:o1:1 # text = Nah, he just tore the top off, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore off** | past | he | the top | | | | mate *vocative* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yep, he swallowed it like a sweet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t1:o2:1 # text = Yep, he swallowed it like a sweet 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sweet sweet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | he | it | | | | like a sweet | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yep, he gobbled the top bit up, letter and seal and all, right in front of the vizir ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t1:o3:1 # text = Yep, he gobbled the top bit up, letter and seal and all, right in front of the vizir 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gobbled gobble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 right right ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gobble** | past | he | letter and seal | | front of the vizir | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bite up** | past | the top | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he ate it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t1:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he ate it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | he | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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; 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