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title: Which of the following best explains the reason the magician advised… — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best explains the reason the magician advised the Sultan to request many gifts from the Prince? Exam question 4 of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

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Which of the following best explains the reason the magician advised the Sultan to request many gifts from the Prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** magician · **What happens:** follow, explain, advise, request · **To what, where:** reason, Sultan, many gifts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» 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/1498-pg503-part85/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:e4:1
# text = Which of the following best explains the reason the magician advised the Sultan to request many gifts from the Prince?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	advised	advise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	request	request	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
16	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the magician | the Sultan |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **request** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | many gifts |  |  |  | from the Prince | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent gift=Recipient |

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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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To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:e4:o1:1
# text = To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | weary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **send away** | infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and to punish him with poverty and shame

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:e4:o2:1
# text = To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and to punish him with poverty and shame
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | weary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **punish** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy |  |  |  | with poverty and shame | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Patient with poverty=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away from the palace forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:e4:o3:1
# text = To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away from the palace forever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fairy=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | weary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **send away** | infinitive |  | Fairy |  | the palace |  | away, forever *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from palace=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To make the Fairy tired of the Prince and drive him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:e4:o4:1
# text = To make the Fairy tired of the Prince and drive him out
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **drive out** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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