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title: Who got the petition on the road? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who got the petition on the road? Test 12 · ★ 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 option; Mova'
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# Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

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Who got the petition on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** petition, road

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t12:1
# text = Who got the petition on the road?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | the petition |  | the road |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent petition=Theme on road=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the officer walking before the Caliph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t12:o1:1
# text = the officer walking before the Caliph
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | the officer *not said here* |  |  | the Caliph |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before caliph=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the officer walking before the Caliph, as he left the palace at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t12:o2:1
# text = the officer walking before the Caliph, as he left the palace at dusk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | the officer *not said here* |  |  | the Caliph |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before caliph=Trajectory |
| 2 | **leave** | past | the officer | the palace |  |  | dusk |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a messenger riding toward the mosque

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t12:o3:1
# text = a messenger riding toward the mosque
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund | a messenger *not said here* |  |  | the mosque |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward mosque=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a tall officer who was walking in front of the Caliph's party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t12:o4:1
# text = a tall officer who was walking in front of the Caliph's party
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | a tall officer |  |  | front of the Caliph's party |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory |

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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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