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title: What did Sidi-Nouman do for the girl, bro? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Sidi-Nouman do for the girl, bro? Test 13 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's c
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# Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi…

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What did Sidi-Nouman do for the girl, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do

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This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t13:1
# text = What did Sidi-Nouman do for the girl, bro?
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	Sidi	Sidi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nouman	Nouman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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He knelt down and kissed the bottom edge of her long silk dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t13:o1:1
# text = He knelt down and kissed the bottom edge of her long silk dress
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bottom	bottom	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel down** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | He *not said here* | the bottom edge of her long silk dress |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fell at her feet and kissed the hem of her long dress in gratitude

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t13:o2:1
# text = He fell at her feet and kissed the hem of her long dress in gratitude
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hem	hem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  | her feet |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | He *not said here* | the hem of her long dress |  | gratitude |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hem=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kissed the hem of her dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t13:o3:1
# text = Kissed the hem of her dress
1	Kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hem	hem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past |  | the hem of her dress |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hem=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Said thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t13:o4:1
# text = Said thanks
1	Said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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