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title: Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he… — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he fears? Exam question 4 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 q
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

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Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he fears?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale, fisherman · **What happens:** relate, illustrate, fear · **To what, where:** treachery

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e4:1
# text = Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he fears?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	relate	relate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | present · do-support | which tale |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **illustrate** | to-infinitive | which tale *not said here* | the treachery |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treachery=Destination |
| 3 | **fear** | present | fisherman | the treachery *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treachery=Stimulus |

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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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The Greek King and the Physician Douban and his cursed brother Sindbad the sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = The Greek King and the Physician Douban and his cursed brother Sindbad the sailor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Greek King, the Physician Douban, and the treacherous vizier who betrayed them both

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = The Greek King, the Physician Douban, and the treacherous vizier who betrayed them both
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **betray** | past | the treacherous vizier | King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Greek King and the Physician Douban

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = The Greek King and the Physician Douban
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Persian King and the Sage Haroun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = The Persian King and the Sage Haroun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Sage	Sage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Haroun	Haroun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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