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title: What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the design… — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics
description: What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the designs of the intruders? Exam question 3 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 dependency 
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

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What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the designs of the intruders?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stratagem · **What happens:** do, frustrate, design · **To what, where:** slave Morgiana employ, designs, intruders

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e3:1
# text = What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the designs of the intruders?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	frustrate	frustrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	designs	design	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	intruders	intruder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | stratagem | the slave Morgiana employ |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **frustrate** | to-infinitive | stratagem *not said here* | the designs of the intruders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus design=Experiencer |
| 3 | **design** |  |  | the intruders |  |  |  |  | nom design «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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She lit a fire in the kitchen and sent smoke into the courtyard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e3:o1:1
# text = She lit a fire in the kitchen and sent smoke into the courtyard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | She | a fire |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product |
| 2 | **send** | past | She *not said here* | smoke |  | the courtyard |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She poured boiling oil into the jars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e3:o2:1
# text = She poured boiling oil into the jars
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | She | boiling oil |  | the jars |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent oil=Theme into jar=Destination |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She fled through the garden and raised the alarm among the neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e3:o3:1
# text = She fled through the garden and raised the alarm among the neighbours
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | She |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through garden=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **raise** | past | She *not said here* | the alarm |  | the neighbours |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme among neighbour=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She drew a dagger on the captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:e3:o4:1
# text = She drew a dagger on the captain
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | a dagger |  | the captain |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme on captain=Destination |

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