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title: Why did the Caliph not want the magician fixed? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Caliph not want the magician fixed? Test 7 · ★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali…

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Why did the Caliph not want the magician fixed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Caliph, magician · **What happens:** not want, fix · **To what, where:** magician

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t7:1
# text = Why did the Caliph not want the magician fixed?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the Caliph | the magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** *not said to happen* | participle | the magician *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Cause women like her never stop being evil, so the magic was kept on her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t7:o1:1
# text = Cause women like her never stop being evil, so the magic was kept on her
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | women like her |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | women like her *not said here* |  |  |  |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | past · passive |  | the magic |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme her=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because she would never change her ways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t7:o2:1
# text = Because she would never change her ways
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | would | she | her ways |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause women like her never stop being evil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t7:o3:1
# text = Cause women like her never stop being evil
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | women like her |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | evil *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cause women like her never stop being evil and would just do it again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:t7:o4:1
# text = Cause women like her never stop being evil and would just do it again
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | women like her |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | would |  | it |  |  | again |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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