--- title: ok so what does "loth" mean, like, in plain talk? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t… · tree and pragmatics description: ok so what does "loth" mean, like, in plain talk? Test 9 · ★ 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 each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/216-pg128-part56/t9/) [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, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/216-pg128-part56/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse… ok so what does "loth" mean, like, in plain talk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** loth · **What happens:** mean This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t9:1 # text = ok so what does "loth" mean, like, in plain talk? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 like like INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | loth | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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} happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t9:o1:1 # text = happy 1 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} to be sad about something ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t9:o2:1 # text = to be sad about something 1 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about something; sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t9:o3:1 # text = tired 1 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} unwilling, like "I'm not feeling it" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t9:o4:1 # text = unwilling, like "I'm not feeling it" 1 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unwill** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **feel** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | it | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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