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title: Which of the following best describes the price, and the reason for… — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the price, and the reason for it, that the crier demanded for the tapestry? Exam question 1 of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

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Which of the following best describes the price, and the reason for it, that the crier demanded for the tapestry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crier · **What happens:** follow, describe, demand · **To what, where:** price

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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/1493-pg503-part80/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the price, and the reason for it, that the crier demanded for the tapestry?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **describe** | present |  | the price |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the crier |  |  |  |  | for the tapestry | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The crier demanded forty purses, on the ground that the tapestry conveyed its owner instantly to any place he desired.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e1:o1:1
# text = The crier demanded forty purses, on the ground that the tapestry conveyed its owner instantly to any place he desired.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
19	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the crier | forty purses |  | the ground |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme purse=Precondition |
| 2 | **convey** | past | the tapestry | tapestry's owner | any place |  |  | instantly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Topic to place=Recipient |
| 3 | **desire** | past | crier | any place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crier demanded forty purses, because the tapestry would take its owner to whatever place he desired in a moment.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e1:o2:1
# text = The crier demanded forty purses, because the tapestry would take its owner to whatever place he desired in a moment.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	det:predet	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the crier | forty purses |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme purse=Precondition |
| 2 | **take** | would | the tapestry | tapestry's owner |  | whatever place |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent owner=Theme to place=Destination |
| 3 | **desire** | past | crier | whatever place *not said here* |  |  | moment |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crier wanted forty purses for it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e1:o3:1
# text = The crier wanted forty purses for it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the crier | forty purses |  |  |  | for it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot purse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forty purses, because it flies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e1:o4:1
# text = Forty purses, because it flies.
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | Forty purses |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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