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title: What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined? Exam question 3 of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

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What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fisherman, genie · **What happens:** be, take, keep, confine · **To what, where:** genie

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» 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/165-pg128-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e3:1
# text = What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past · do-support | the fisherman |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the genie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **confine** | participle | the genie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | past | he | the lead lid |  |  |  | upon the vessel | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he fixed the heavy top on the jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = he fixed the heavy top on the jar
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | past | he | the heavy top |  | the jar |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent top=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel and pressed the king's seal into it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel and pressed the king's seal into it
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | past | he | the lead lid |  |  |  | upon the vessel | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |
| 2 | **press** | past | he *not said here* | the king's seal |  | seal |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he fastened the lead lid firmly upon the vessel and sealed it with his own blood

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = he fastened the lead lid firmly upon the vessel and sealed it with his own blood
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sealed	seal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | past | he | the lead lid |  |  |  | upon the vessel; firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |
| 2 | **seal** | past | he *not said here* | lid |  |  |  | with his own blood | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with blood=Instrument |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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