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title: Which physical description of Schaibar is provided in the text? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which physical description of Schaibar is provided in the text? Exam question 4 of lesson 1499 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 86: Ahmed fetches the lions' water, then meets Schaibar, the Fairy's giant brother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

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Which physical description of Schaibar is provided in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** description, provide · **To what, where:** physical description, text

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1499 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 86: Ahmed fetches the lions' water, then meets Schaibar, the Fairy's giant brother» 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/1499-pg503-part86/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1499-pg503-part86:e4:1
# text = Which physical description of Schaibar is provided in the text?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Schaibar	Schaibar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **description** |  |  |  |  |  |  | of Schaibar | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | present · passive |  | physical description |  | the text |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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he was very much hump-backed, with a bent neck and a grenadier's cap

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1499-pg503-part86:e4:o1:1
# text = he was very much hump-backed, with a bent neck and a grenadier's cap
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grenadier	grenadier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme neck=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was very much hump-backed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1499-pg503-part86:e4:o2:1
# text = he was very much hump-backed
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **back** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was quite very thin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1499-pg503-part86:e4:o3:1
# text = he was quite very thin
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was very much hump-backed, with a bent neck and a long beard

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1499-pg503-part86:e4:o4:1
# text = he was very much hump-backed, with a bent neck and a long beard
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme neck=Destination |

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