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title: What was the relationship between the daughter and Amina? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the relationship between the daughter and Amina? Exam question 4 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 of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi…

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What was the relationship between the daughter and Amina?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** relationship · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e4:1
# text = What was the relationship between the daughter and Amina?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Amina	Amina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the relationship between the daughter and Amina |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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They trained together but never got along well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e4:o1:1
# text = They trained together but never got along well
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past | They |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **get along** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were distant cousins who had learned magic from the same old teacher long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e4:o2:1
# text = They were distant cousins who had learned magic from the same old teacher long ago
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | distant cousins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | past · perfect | distant cousins | magic |  |  |  | from the same old teacher; ago *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent magic=Topic from teacher=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They had studied the same magic under one master but were now rivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e4:o3:1
# text = They had studied the same magic under one master but were now rivals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	studied	study	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  | one master |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme magic=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | rivals |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They studied one art but disliked each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:e4:o4:1
# text = They studied one art but disliked each other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	studied	study	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	disliked	dislike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	6	obj	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past | They | one art |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic |
| 2 | **dislike** | past | They *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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