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description: In what manner does the prince conduct himself when the princess questions him? Exam question 2 of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

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In what manner does the prince conduct himself when the princess questions him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner · **What happens:** do, conduct · **To what, where:** prince, manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1202-pg3282-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the prince conduct himself when the princess questions him?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what manner | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **conduct** | present |  | manner |  |  |  | manner *obl* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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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He behaves as a fool, shouting and jumping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = He behaves as a fool, shouting and jumping
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | He |  |  |  |  | as a fool | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as fool=Attribute |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **jump** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He behaves as one who is sane, but pretends to be deranged so the princess will not see through his disguise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = He behaves as one who is sane, but pretends to be deranged so the princess will not see through his disguise
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	sane	sane	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	deranged	derange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | He | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sane *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pretend** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **derange** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **see** | future | the princess |  |  | his disguise |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He behaves as one deranged, alternating laughter and weeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = He behaves as one deranged, alternating laughter and weeping
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
5	deranged	derange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	alternating	alternate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	weeping	weeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | He |  |  |  |  | as one deranged laughter and weeping | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as laughter=Attribute |
| 2 | **derange** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **alternate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He behaves as one deranged, switching between wild laughter and tears and sometimes singing to the birds in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = He behaves as one deranged, switching between wild laughter and tears and sometimes singing to the birds in the garden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deranged	derange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	switching	switch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **derange** | participle | one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **switch** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between wild laughter and tears | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the garden |  | to the birds; sometimes *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

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