--- title: Within what period did the sultan stipulate that the hill be removed? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Within what period did the sultan stipulate that the hill be removed? Exam question 3 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1235-pg3282-part36/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, The Enchanted Head, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1235-pg3282-part36/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head make… Within what period did the sultan stipulate that the hill be removed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sultan · **What happens:** stipulate, remove · **To what, where:** hill This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e3:1 # text = Within what period did the sultan stipulate that the hill be removed? 1 Within within ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stipulate stipulate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stipulate** | past · do-support | the sultan | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **remove** | infinitive · passive | | the hill | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} within forty days from the day the head spoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e3:o1:1 # text = within forty days from the day the head spoke 1 within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the head | | | | day | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} after seven nights ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e3:o2:1 # text = after seven nights 1 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} within thirty days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e3:o3:1 # text = within thirty days 1 within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} within forty days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1235-pg3282-part36:e3:o4:1 # text = within forty days 1 within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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