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title: how did Aladdin even see the princess, like proper? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did Aladdin even see the princess, like proper? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

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how did Aladdin even see the princess, like proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aladdin · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** princess

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» 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/211-pg128-part51/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t4:1
# text = how did Aladdin even see the princess, like proper?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Aladdin | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=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 {#o1}

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Through a chink in the door of the bath, while she was getting ready with all her maids around her in the warm steam

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t4:o1:1
# text = Through a chink in the door of the bath, while she was getting ready with all her maids around her in the warm steam
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chink	chink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
15	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	around	around	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | she |  |  | the warm steam |  | around her *= she*; ready *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around she=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Through a chink in the door of the bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t4:o2:1
# text = Through a chink in the door of the bath
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chink	chink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spotted at the market by the fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t4:o3:1
# text = Spotted at the market by the fountain
1	Spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | participle |  |  |  | the market |  | by the fountain | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Standing in the street outside the palace when she came out in a golden carriage with all her guards and servants

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t4:o4:1
# text = Standing in the street outside the palace when she came out in a golden carriage with all her guards and servants
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | the street outside the palace |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location |
| 2 | **come out** | past | she |  |  | a golden carriage with her guards and servants |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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