--- title: What period of confinement did Aladdin endure in the cave before usi… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics description: What period of confinement did Aladdin endure in the cave before using the ring? Exam question 3 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/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, Aladdin and the Wonder…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: t… What period of confinement did Aladdin endure in the cave before using the ring? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aladdin · **What happens:** endure, use · **To what, where:** period, cave, ring This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e3:1 # text = What period of confinement did Aladdin endure in the cave before using the ring? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | past · do-support | Aladdin | period of confinement | | the cave | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Circumstance | | 2 | **use** | gerund | Aladdin *not said here* | the ring | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=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 {#o1} Three days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e3:o1:1 # text = Three days 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two whole days in the dark before the ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e3:o2:1 # text = Two whole days in the dark before the ring 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Two days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e3:o3:1 # text = Two days 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e3:o4:1 # text = Two weeks 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 weeks week 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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