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title: what did the wife thing ruin for Sidi-Nouman, lowkey? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the wife thing ruin for Sidi-Nouman, lowkey? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

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what did the wife thing ruin for Sidi-Nouman, lowkey?

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

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» 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/216-pg128-part56/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t7:1
# text = what did the wife thing ruin for Sidi-Nouman, lowkey?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ruin	ruin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Sidi	Sidi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Nouman	Nouman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the thing ruin and lowkey |  |  |  | for Sidi and Nouman | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruin=Eventuality |

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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}

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his trip to the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t7:o1:1
# text = his trip to the market
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | to the market | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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

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his happiness with his marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t7:o2:1
# text = his happiness with his marriage
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his peace of mind at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t7:o3:1
# text = his peace of mind at home
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pacify** |  | his *= he* | mind |  | home |  |  | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t7:o4:1
# text = his money
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	money	money	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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