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title: Ngl, what did Ali Cogia threaten to do after losing? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did Ali Cogia threaten to do after losing? Test 13 · ★ 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
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# Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

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Ngl, what did Ali Cogia threaten to do after losing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ali · **What happens:** threaten, do, lose

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t13:1
# text = Ngl, what did Ali Cogia threaten to do after losing?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Cogia	Cogia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | Ali |  |  |  |  | Ngl *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ali *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | gerund | Ali *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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appeal directly to the Caliph and ask for the merchant's punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t13:o1:1
# text = appeal directly to the Caliph and ask for the merchant's punishment
1	appeal	appeal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appeal** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Caliph; directly *property* | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to caliph=Experiencer |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the merchant's punishment | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **punish** |  | the merchant |  |  |  |  |  | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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take the whole affair to the Caliph's own court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t13:o2:1
# text = take the whole affair to the Caliph's own court
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	affair	affair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole affair |  | the Caliph's own court |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent affair=Theme to court=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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appeal to the Caliph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t13:o3:1
# text = appeal to the Caliph
1	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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demand a new trial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:220-pg128-part60:t13:o4:1
# text = demand a new trial
1	demand	demand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | imperative | you *not said here* | a new trial |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trial=Precondition |

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