--- title: did Omar let Labakan off, or was he savage? — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivor… · tree and pragmatics description: did Omar let Labakan off, or was he savage? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 718 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who is the true prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/718-pg2435-part58/t9/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/718-pg2435-part58/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who… did Omar let Labakan off, or was he savage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Omar · **What happens:** let off, be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 718 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who is the true prince» 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/718-pg2435-part58/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:718-pg2435-part58:t9:1 # text = did Omar let Labakan off, or was he savage? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Omar Omar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 savage savage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let off** | past · do-support | Omar | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Omar | | | | | savage *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 {#o1} He took his horse away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:718-pg2435-part58:t9:o1:1 # text = He took his horse away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | past | He | his horse | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He said go in peace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:718-pg2435-part58:t9:o2:1 # text = He said go in peace 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | peace | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} He hanged him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:718-pg2435-part58:t9:o3:1 # text = He hanged him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hanged hange 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hange** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He yelled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:718-pg2435-part58:t9:o4:1 # text = He yelled 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | He | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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