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title: Where did the uncle take Aladdin for a picnic? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the uncle take Aladdin for a picnic? Test 10 · ★ 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 question and 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…

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Where did the uncle take Aladdin for a picnic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** Aladdin

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t10:1
# text = Where did the uncle take Aladdin for a picnic?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | the uncle | Aladdin |  |  |  | for a picnic | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent aladdin=Theme for picnic=Beneficiary |

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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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some beautiful gardens outside the city gates, where they sat under the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t10:o1:1
# text = some beautiful gardens outside the city gates, where they sat under the trees
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | some beautiful gardens outside the city gates |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a long walk to the royal palace gardens and a fountain outside the gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t10:o2:1
# text = a long walk to the royal palace gardens and a fountain outside the gates
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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some lovely orchards past the city walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t10:o3:1
# text = some lovely orchards past the city walls
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	orchards	orchard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some beautiful gardens outside the gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t10:o4:1
# text = some beautiful gardens outside the gates
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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