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description: What undertaking does the prince resolve upon at the close of this part of the narrative? Exam question 4 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 depende
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

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What undertaking does the prince resolve upon at the close of this part of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** undertaking · **What happens:** resolve

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e4:1
# text = What undertaking does the prince resolve upon at the close of this part of the narrative?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present · do-support | undertaking |  |  |  |  | upon the close of this part of the narrative | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To journey to Waq of the Caucasus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = To journey to Waq of the Caucasus
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Caucasus	Caucasus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  |  | the Caucasus |  |  |  | to Waq | nom journey «act transitive»: to=obl of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To travel to the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = To travel to the north
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	travel	travel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the north |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to north=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To journey to Waq of the Caucasus to ask him for the truth about the riddle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = To journey to Waq of the Caucasus to ask him for the truth about the riddle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Caucasus	Caucasus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | journey to Waq of the Caucasus |  | Waq |  |  | for the truth about the riddle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To stay in the garden a little longer and then journey to Waq of the Caucasus with his horse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = To stay in the garden a little longer and then journey to Waq of the Caucasus with his horse
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Caucasus	Caucasus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the garden |  | with Waq's horse; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

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