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title: What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan? Exam question 2 of lesson 1235 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head makes the sultan's hill into a garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head make…

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What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, impose · **To what, where:** first condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1235 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head makes the sultan's hill into a garden» 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/1235-pg3282-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e2:1
# text = What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the first condition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | participle |  | the first condition *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the head; by the sultan | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	planting	planting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | a hill and the planting of a garden |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **plant** |  |  | a garden |  |  |  |  | nom planting «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the sinking of a ship and the sowing of a field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = the sinking of a ship and the sowing of a field
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sinking	sinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sowing	sowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** |  | a ship |  |  |  |  |  | nom sinking «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden before the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden before the feast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	planting	planting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | a hill and the planting of a garden |  |  | before the feast |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl |
| 2 | **plant** |  |  | a garden |  |  |  |  | nom planting «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the digging of a well and the building of a wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = the digging of a well and the building of a wall
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	digging	digging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** |  |  | a well and the building of a wall |  |  |  |  | nom digging «act transitive»: of=patient |

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