--- title: Lol, how did the doorkeeper know it was the same Indian? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, how did the doorkeeper know it was the same Indian? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/t12/) [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, The Enchanted Horse, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f… Lol, how did the doorkeeper know it was the same Indian? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doorkeeper · **What happens:** do, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» 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/224-pg128-part64/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t12:1 # text = Lol, how did the doorkeeper know it was the same Indian? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 doorkeeper doorkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | the doorkeeper | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | doorkeeper | | | | | indian *property* | tree rules | 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} He knew him by sight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t12:o1:1 # text = He knew him by sight 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | by sight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He saw him at the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t12:o2:1 # text = He saw him at the gate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | He | him *= he* | | the gate | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} By his voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t12:o3:1 # text = By his voice 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A guess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t12:o4:1 # text = A guess 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guess guess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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