--- title: Did the narrator actually check the palace out properly? — Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Tr… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the narrator actually check the palace out properly? Test 8 · ★ 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/215-pg128-part55/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, The Dervish and the Tr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/215-pg128-part55/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the… Did the narrator actually check the palace out properly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, check out · **To what, where:** narrator, palace This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t8:1 # text = Did the narrator actually check the palace out properly? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 check check VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 9 properly properly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the narrator | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Eventuality | | 2 | **check out** | present | | the palace | | | | actually, properly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | 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} Nah, he just took some jewels, nothing else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, he just took some jewels, nothing else 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 10 else else ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | some jewels | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument jewel=Theme nothing=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he looked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he looked 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | he | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he looked round quick, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he looked round quick, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | he | round quick mate | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mate=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, he just grabbed the gold, no looking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, he just grabbed the gold, no looking 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | he | the gold | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 2 | **look** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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