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title: Which of the following accurately states the number of Calenders who… — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the number of Calenders who sought admittance to the residence? Exam question 1 of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» of th
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

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Which of the following accurately states the number of Calenders who sought admittance to the residence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Calenders · **What happens:** follow, state, seek · **To what, where:** number, admittance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» 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/170-pg128-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the number of Calenders who sought admittance to the residence?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Calenders	calender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	admittance	admittance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the number of Calenders |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 3 | **seek** | past | Calenders | admittance |  |  |  | to the residence | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = Three
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three Calenders with shaved heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = Three Calenders with shaved heads
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	Calenders	calender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	shaved	shave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven wandering men seeking admittance today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = Seven wandering men seeking admittance today
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	admittance	admittance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **seek** | gerund | Seven wandering men *not said here* | admittance |  |  | today |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=Theme |

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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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