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title: Upon whom did the porter's attention settle when he entered the court? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon whom did the porter's attention settle when he entered the court? Exam question 4 of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc…

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Upon whom did the porter's attention settle when he entered the court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, porter · **What happens:** do, settle, enter, attend · **To what, where:** attention, court

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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/169-pg128-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e4:1
# text = Upon whom did the porter's attention settle when he entered the court?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	settle	settle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the porter's attention |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Eventuality |
| 2 | **settle** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **enter** | past | he | the court |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Destination |
| 4 | **attend** |  | the porter |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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}

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A third lady seated on a throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = A third lady seated on a throne
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | participle |  | a third lady *not said here* |  | a throne |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A third lady seated upon a golden throne beneath a canopy of silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = A third lady seated upon a golden throne beneath a canopy of silk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | participle |  | a third lady *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a golden throne; beneath a canopy of silk | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sleeping old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = A sleeping old man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A woman by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = A woman by the window
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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