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title: why did the wife in the honey tale turn her nose up? — Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the wife in the honey tale turn her nose up? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 11 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

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why did the wife in the honey tale turn her nose up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** turn up · **To what, where:** nose

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» 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/707-pg2435-part47/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t11:1
# text = why did the wife in the honey tale turn her nose up?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | past · do-support | the wife in the honey tale | wife's nose |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nose=Theme |

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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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the honey had dead bees in it, gross, and her husband had carried it all the way from the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t11:o1:1
# text = the honey had dead bees in it, gross, and her husband had carried it all the way from the forest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the honey | dead bees |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | her husband |  | the forest |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Value |

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

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the honey had dead bees in it, gross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t11:o2:1
# text = the honey had dead bees in it, gross
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the honey | dead bees |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the honey was too runny, not nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t11:o3:1
# text = the honey was too runny, not nice
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the honey |  |  |  |  | runny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  | the honey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the honey was stale and had bits of wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t11:o4:1
# text = the honey was stale and had bits of wax
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the honey |  |  |  |  | stale *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the honey *not said here* | bits of wax |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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