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title: What's a "cymbal" anyway? Like a fancy drum? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's a "cymbal" anyway? Like a fancy drum? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

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What's a "cymbal" anyway? Like a fancy drum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cymbal

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» 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/212-pg128-part52/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* What's a "cymbal" anyway?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:1
# text = What's a "cymbal" anyway?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cymbal	cymbal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a cymbal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like a fancy drum?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:2
# text = Like a fancy drum?
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:o1:1
# text = A drum
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A round brass plate you clash together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:o2:1
# text = A round brass plate you clash together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	clash	clash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clash** | present | you | a round brass plate *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plate=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A stringed instrument you pluck with fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:o3:1
# text = A stringed instrument you pluck with fingers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stringed	stringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pluck	pluck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | present | you | a stringed instrument *not said here* |  |  |  | with fingers | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A metal pipe you blow into softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t11:o4:1
# text = A metal pipe you blow into softly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | you | a metal pipe |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent pipe=Material into softly=Product |

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