--- title: What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sul… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sultan? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: t… What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sultan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Vizier · **What happens:** do, confess, wish · **To what, where:** son wish, truth, Sultan This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e4:1 # text = What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sultan? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 confessing confess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Vizier's son wish | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality | | 2 | **confess** | gerund | | the truth | the Sultan | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Topic to sultan=Recipient | | 3 | **wish** | | the Vizier | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} To be parted from the Princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e4:o1:1 # text = To be parted from the Princess 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **part** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | from the Princess | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To be separated from the Princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e4:o2:1 # text = To be separated from the Princess 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | from the Princess | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} To be separated from the Princess and the palace forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e4:o3:1 # text = To be separated from the Princess and the palace forever 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 forever forever ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | from the Princess and the palace | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To be banished from the Sultan's court and the Princess too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:e4:o4:1 # text = To be banished from the Sultan's court and the Princess too 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **banish** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | the Sultan's court and the Princess | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from court=Source | **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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