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title: What even was in the little box, fam? — Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: What even was in the little box, fam? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What even was in the little box, fam?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** little box

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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/215-pg128-part55/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t6:1
# text = What even was in the little box, fam?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the little box and fam |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some sort of sweet-smelling potion, kinda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t6:o1:1
# text = Some sort of sweet-smelling potion, kinda
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund | some sort *not said here* | potion |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer potion=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tiny box of special magic ointment that makes you see all the buried gold in the world

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t6:o2:1
# text = A tiny box of special magic ointment that makes you see all the buried gold in the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | special magic ointment | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all buried gold |  | the world |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some special ointment, like a magic one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t6:o3:1
# text = Some special ointment, like a magic one
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some kind of magic ointment that you rub on your eyes to see stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t6:o4:1
# text = Some kind of magic ointment that you rub on your eyes to see stuff
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rub	rub	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | present | you | some kind of magic ointment |  | your eyes |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme on eye=Destination |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |

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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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