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title: By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their app… — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their approach to the dwelling? Exam question 1 of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

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By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their approach to the dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Captain, men · **What happens:** mean, conceal, approach · **To what, where:** armed men

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» 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/1471-pg503-part58/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e1:1
# text = By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their approach to the dwelling?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the Captain | Captain's armed men |  |  | during men's approach | to the dwelling | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent man=Patient by what=Location |
| 3 | **approach** |  | men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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In wide jars hidden in the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e1:o1:1
# text = In wide jars hidden in the yard
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | wide jars *not said here* |  |  |  | in the yard | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hidden in thirty-eight leather jars carried by mules and porters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e1:o2:1
# text = Hidden in thirty-eight leather jars carried by mules and porters
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	porters	porter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | eight leather jars |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location |
| 2 | **carry** | participle |  | eight leather jars *not said here* |  |  |  | by mules and porters | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In leather jars, one man in each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e1:o3:1
# text = In leather jars, one man in each
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Inside oil jars, with weapons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e1:o4:1
# text = Inside oil jars, with weapons
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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