--- title: Which of the following words, when spoken by the Captain, caused the… — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following words, when spoken by the Captain, caused the rock door to open? Exam question 1 of lesson 1470 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/e1/) [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, Ali Baba and the Forty…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: C… Which of the following words, when spoken by the Captain, caused the rock door to open? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rock door · **What happens:** follow, speak, cause, open · **To what, where:** rock door · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 1470 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy» 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/1470-pg503-part57/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e1:1 # text = Which of the following words, when spoken by the Captain, caused the rock door to open? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | by the Captain | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cause** | past | | the rock door | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | to-infinitive | the rock door *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} Sesame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e1:o1:1 # text = Sesame 1 Sesame sesame NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hocus pocus open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e1:o2:1 # text = Hocus pocus open 1 Hocus Hocus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 pocus pocus NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 list _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Open the door, Sesame, right now please ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e1:o3:1 # text = Open the door, Sesame, right now please 1 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Sesame Sesame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 9 please please INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the door | | | now | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Open, Sesame!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e1:o4:1 # text = "Open, Sesame!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Sesame sesame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty…, test 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/t14/) - next →: [Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/e2/) - ↑ back to [Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/)