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title: Which instruction did the magician give concerning the three halls? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which instruction did the magician give concerning the three halls? Exam question 1 of lesson 1431 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: t…

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Which instruction did the magician give concerning the three halls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, magician · **What happens:** do, give, concern

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1431 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night» 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/1431-pg503-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e1:1
# text = Which instruction did the magician give concerning the three halls?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	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	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the magician |  |  |  |  | concern the three halls | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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To pass through them without stopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = To pass through them without stopping
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through they=Location |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To pass through them without touching anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = To pass through them without touching anything
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through they=Location |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To pass through them without touching anything and never looking back at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = To pass through them without touching anything and never looking back at all
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through they=Location |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **not** **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at all | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at all=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To walk through them quietly and carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = To walk through them quietly and carefully
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through them *= they*; quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

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