--- title: In what manner did the Sultan proceed in order to investigate the la… — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the Sultan proceed in order to investigate the lake upon the mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Young King of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:… In what manner did the Sultan proceed in order to investigate the lake upon the mountain? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** do, proceed, investigate · **To what, where:** manner, order, lake This is exam question 1 of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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/168-pg128-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:e1:1 # text = In what manner did the Sultan proceed in order to investigate the lake upon the mountain? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 proceed proceed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 investigate investigate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **proceed** | present | the Sultan | | | order | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **investigate** | to-infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | the lake | | | | upon the mountain | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Theme | 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} He went out alone at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = He went out alone at night 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | He | | | | night | alone, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He rode out with his army ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = He rode out with his army 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride out** | past | He | | | | | with his army | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He went out alone at night, dressed as a poor fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = He went out alone at night, dressed as a poor fisherman 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | He | | | | night | alone, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | as a poor fisherman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He walked out at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = He walked out at dawn 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk out** | past | He | | | | dawn | | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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