--- title: Did Aladdin's dad get a shop before he died? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Aladdin's dad get a shop before he died? Test 8 · ★ 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 of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/210-pg128-part50/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'… Did Aladdin's dad get a shop before he died? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** do, get, die · **To what, where:** shop This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t8:1 # text = Did Aladdin's dad get a shop before he died? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | present | Aladdin's dad | a shop | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shop=Stimulus | | 3 | **die** | past | dad | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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, the shop was never built ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t8:o1:1 # text = Nope, the shop was never built 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **build** | past · passive | | the shop | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nope, the tailor was dead by then ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t8:o2:1 # text = Nope, the tailor was dead by then 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the tailor | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yep, he got it the week before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t8:o3:1 # text = Yep, he got it the week before 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 got get 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | it | | | week | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nope, the poor tailor had already died long before the uncle came back to town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t8:o4:1 # text = Nope, the poor tailor had already died long before the uncle came back to town 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | the poor tailor | | | | | long *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **come back** | past | the uncle | | | town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | **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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