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title: What did the merchant buy to replace the olives? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the merchant buy to replace the olives? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 219 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali hides gold in a vase of olives, and his friend steals it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali…

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What did the merchant buy to replace the olives?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** buy, replace · **To what, where:** olives

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 219 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali hides gold in a vase of olives, and his friend steals it» 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/219-pg128-part59/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t11:1
# text = What did the merchant buy to replace the olives?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · do-support | the merchant |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **replace** | to-infinitive | the merchant *not said here* | the olives |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme olive=Co-Theme |

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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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New olives, super sneaky move, ngl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t11:o1:1
# text = New olives, super sneaky move, ngl
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Fresh olives, a sneaky trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t11:o2:1
# text = Fresh olives, a sneaky trick
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move to hide the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t11:o3:1
# text = Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move to hide the gold
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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

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

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Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t11:o4:1
# text = Fresh new olives, like a total sneaky move
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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