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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

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yo did u see the dervish's moustache, it was bigger than my whole face fr

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo, moustache · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** moustache

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» 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/229-pg128-part69/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t1:1
# text = yo did u see the dervish's moustache, it was bigger than my whole face fr
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	moustache	moustache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | yo | the dervish's moustache |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moustache=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | moustache |  |  |  |  | than my whole face fr; big *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Bahman snipped it with his scissors so the dervish could finally speak clearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t1:o1:1
# text = Bahman snipped it with his scissors so the dervish could finally speak clearly
1	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snipped	snip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snip** | past | Bahman | it |  |  |  | with Bahman's scissors | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with scissors=Instrument |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | could | the dervish |  |  |  |  | clearly, finally *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Bahman snipped it so he could talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t1:o2:1
# text = Bahman snipped it so he could talk
1	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snipped	snip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snip** | past | Bahman | it |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | could | Bahman |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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it was the prince who trimmed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t1:o3:1
# text = it was the prince who trimmed it
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **trim** | past | the prince | it |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he cut it with scissors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t1:o4:1
# text = he cut it with scissors
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | he | it |  |  |  | with scissors | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with scissors=Instrument |

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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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