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title: Ngl, what was she doing with that ghoul creature? — Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was she doing with that ghoul creature? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

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Ngl, what was she doing with that ghoul creature?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» 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/217-pg128-part57/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t3:1
# text = Ngl, what was she doing with that ghoul creature?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Ngl |  |  |  |  | with that ghoul creature | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1}

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Hiding a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t3:o1:1
# text = Hiding a letter
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Meeting her lover in secret and planning to poison her husband with the rice she had cooked

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t3:o2:1
# text = Meeting her lover in secret and planning to poison her husband with the rice she had cooked
1	Meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | gerund |  | her lover |  | secret |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **plan** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **poison** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her husband |  |  |  | with the rice | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent husband=Patient with rice=Instrument |
| 4 | **cook** | past · perfect | she | the rice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rice=Patient |

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

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Digging up a dead body to eat it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t3:o3:1
# text = Digging up a dead body to eat it
1	Digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | gerund |  | a dead body |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | body |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Burying a stolen purse at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t3:o4:1
# text = Burying a stolen purse at night
1	Burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund |  | a stolen purse |  |  | night |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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