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title: What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape? Exam question 2 of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi…

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What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect, water · **What happens:** do, have

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/218-pg128-part58/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e2:1
# text = What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what effect |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | the daughter's water |  |  |  |  | upon the dog's shape | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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It instantly turned him back into the human man he once was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e2:o1:1
# text = It instantly turned him back into the human man he once was
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | past | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | into the human man; instantly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

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It restored him to human form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e2:o2:1
# text = It restored him to human form
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | It | him *= he* | human form |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to form=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It changed him back to a boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e2:o3:1
# text = It changed him back to a boy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change back** | past | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | to a boy | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The water brought back his human shape and voice at the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e2:o4:1
# text = The water brought back his human shape and voice at the same time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | the water | water's human shape and voice |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |

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