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title: What designation did the king's account give to the woman in chains? — Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypre… · tree and pragmatics
description: What designation did the king's account give to the woman in chains? Exam question 2 of lesson 1207 «Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prince wins a wish and the king starts his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prin…

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What designation did the king's account give to the woman in chains?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** designation, account, king · **What happens:** do, give, account · **To what, where:** woman

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1207 «Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prince wins a wish and the king starts his tale» 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/1207-pg3282-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e2:1
# text = What designation did the king's account give to the woman in chains?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what designation |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | the king's account |  | the woman in chains |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to woman=Recipient |
| 3 | **account** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Gul, the Rose, daughter of the merchant of Basra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = Gul, the Rose, daughter of the merchant of Basra
1	Gul	Gul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rose	Rose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Basra	Basra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = The Rose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Gul, the Rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = Gul, the Rose
1	Gul	Gul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rose	Rose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gul, the Rose of the king's garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = Gul, the Rose of the king's garden
1	Gul	Gul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rose	Rose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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