--- title: Specify the reward which the thief offered the cobbler before reques… — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the reward which the thief offered the cobbler before requesting to be shown the house. Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/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, Ali Baba and the Forty…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1470-pg503-part57/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: C… Specify the reward which the thief offered the cobbler before requesting to be shown the house. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, thief · **What happens:** specify, offer, request, show · **To what, where:** reward, house This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e4:1 # text = Specify the reward which the thief offered the cobbler before requesting to be shown the house. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cobbler cobbler NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 requesting request VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reward | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | past | the thief | the reward | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent which=Goal cobbler=Theme | | 3 | **request** | gerund | the thief *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive · passive | the thief *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: house=Recipient | 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} a bag of silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e4:o1:1 # text = a bag of silver 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e4:o2:1 # text = a horse 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e4:o3:1 # text = food 1 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a piece of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:e4:o4:1 # text = a piece of gold 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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