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title: Wait, how long was Ali gone, like a week? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, how long was Ali gone, like a week? Test 3 · ★ 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 of each o
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, how long was Ali gone, like a week?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Ali · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t3:1
# text = Wait, how long was Ali gone, like a week?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | Ali |  |  |  | week | gone, long *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he didn't even come back for the olives

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he didn't even come back for the olives
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come back** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | for the olives | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he went to Persia and India and Cairo

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t3:o3:1
# text = Nah, seven whole years, lowkey wild, he went to Persia and India and Cairo
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  | Persia and India and Cairo |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to persia=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, five whole years, lowkey wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, five whole years, lowkey wild
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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