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title: Who did the old geezer reckon Labakan was? — Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the old geezer reckon Labakan was? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 3 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…

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Who did the old geezer reckon Labakan was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** Labakan

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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/717-pg2435-part57/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t3:1
# text = Who did the old geezer reckon Labakan was?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	geezer	geezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Labakan |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The son of the sheik that had fled from the palace years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t3:o1:1
# text = The son of the sheik that had fled from the palace years ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheik	sheik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fled	flee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past · perfect · passive |  | the sheik |  |  | year |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His son Omar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t3:o2:1
# text = His son Omar
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Omar	Omar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His nephew Sached

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t3:o3:1
# text = His nephew Sached
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Sached	Sached	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A rival prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t3:o4:1
# text = A rival prince
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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