--- title: Did Ali Cogia bring any witnesses to the Cadi? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Ali Cogia bring any witnesses to the Cadi? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 220 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is replayed by children, and a clever boy spots the trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/220-pg128-part60/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/220-pg128-part60/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re… Did Ali Cogia bring any witnesses to the Cadi? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ali · **What happens:** bring · **To what, where:** witnesses, Cadi This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 220 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is replayed by children, and a clever boy spots the trick» 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/220-pg128-part60/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t11:1 # text = Did Ali Cogia bring any witnesses to the Cadi? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Cadi Cadi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | Ali | any witnesses | the Cadi | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent witness=Theme to cadi=Destination | 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} nope, the market was empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t11:o1:1 # text = nope, the market was empty 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the market | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nope, he trusted his mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t11:o2:1 # text = nope, he trusted his mate 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past | he | his mate | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nope, he trusted his mate, a merchant of good name ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t11:o3:1 # text = nope, he trusted his mate, a merchant of good name 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past | he | his mate | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} nope, he didn't think he needed anyone since the man was his friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t11:o4:1 # text = nope, he didn't think he needed anyone since the man was his friend 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 since since SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **need** | past | he | anyone | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anyone=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | the man | man's friend | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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