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title: Nah, which bit is about the Koran? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nah, which bit is about the Koran? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

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Nah, which bit is about the Koran?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bit · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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/906-pg27200-part117/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t9:1
# text = Nah, which bit is about the Koran?
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Koran	Koran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which bit |  |  |  |  | about the Koran | 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 passage where the caravan kneels to pray before the rising sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t9:o1:1
# text = The passage where the caravan kneels to pray before the rising sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kneels	kneel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | present | the passage |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive | the passage *not said here* |  |  |  | before the rising sun |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The prayer of the eldest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t9:o2:1
# text = The prayer of the eldest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The square drawn in the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t9:o3:1
# text = The square drawn in the sand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | the square *not said here* |  | the sand |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sand=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The eldest's prayer facing the holy city after the square was drawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t9:o4:1
# text = The eldest's prayer facing the holy city after the square was drawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund | the eldest prayer *not said here* | the holy city |  |  | after the square |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Destination |
| 2 | **draw** | past · passive |  | the eldest prayer |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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