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title: Wait, who even laughed at him? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, who even laughed at him? Test 2 · ★ 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 and of each op
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# Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

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Wait, who even laughed at him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, laugh

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t2:1
# text = Wait, who even laughed at him?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | past |  |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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A beggar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t2:o1:1
# text = A beggar
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Some children playing in the dusty square outside the palace gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t2:o2:1
# text = Some children playing in the dusty square outside the palace gate
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund | some children *not said here* |  |  | the dusty square outside the palace gate |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A slave who was sweeping the marble steps of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t2:o3:1
# text = A slave who was sweeping the marble steps of the palace
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | past · progressive | a slave | the marble steps of the palace |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory |
| 2 | **step** |  |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A slave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t2:o4:1
# text = A slave
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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