--- title: Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his jo… — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his journey in order to obtain the favour of the Simurgh. Exam question 3 of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» of the books --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/e3/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1204-pg3282-part5/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is c… Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his journey in order to obtain the favour of the Simurgh. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, prince · **What happens:** specify, direct, obtain, journey, favour · **To what, where:** destination, journey, favour, Simurgh This is exam question 3 of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» 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/1204-pg3282-part5/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e3:1 # text = Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his journey in order to obtain the favour of the Simurgh. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 destination destination NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ 10 direct direct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 14 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 fixed _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the destination | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme | | 2 | **direct** | must | the prince | prince's journey | | | | to the destination; first *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | | 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the favour of the Simurgh | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset favour=Theme | | 4 | **journey** | | prince | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **favour** | | | the Simurgh | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The home of the Simurgh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e3:o1:1 # text = The home of the Simurgh 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 home home 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 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The land of the lion-king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e3:o2:1 # text = The land of the lion-king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The mountains of the west ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e3:o3:1 # text = The mountains of the west 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Place of Gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e3:o4:1 # text = The Place of Gifts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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