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description: What was the precise nature of the condition under which the seven men had been received? Exam question 3 of lesson 171 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calenders reveal who they are, and the First Calender begins his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the precise nature of the condition under which the seven men had been received?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precise nature · **What happens:** be, receive · **To what, where:** seven men, condition

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 171 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calenders reveal who they are, and the First Calender begins his tale» 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/171-pg128-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:171-pg128-part11:e3:1
# text = What was the precise nature of the condition under which the seven men had been received?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the precise nature of the condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive |  | the seven men |  | the condition |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under which=Location |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had been welcomed into the house on the sole condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses, nor their slaves, nor the Caliph's guests who came later that evening.

<!-- fold The tree, 34 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:171-pg128-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = They had been welcomed into the house on the sole condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses, nor their slaves, nor the Caliph's guests who came later that evening.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	welcomed	welcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	question	question	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	25	cc	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	31	cc	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	's	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
34	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	33	advmod	_	_
35	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
36	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **welcome** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  | the house |  | on the sole condition nor condition's slaves; the Caliph's guests *obl* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location |
| 2 | **not** **question** *speech: other* | would | condition | the conduct of condition's hostesses |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient |
| 3 | **come** | past | the Caliph's guests |  |  |  | evening | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | condition's hostesses |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had been admitted on the single condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:171-pg128-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = They had been admitted on the single condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	admitted	admit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	question	question	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  | the single condition |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location |
| 2 | **not** **question** *speech: other* | would | they | the conduct of their hostesses |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | their hostesses |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had been let in only if they promised to pay the household for their food and lodging nightly.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:171-pg128-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = They had been let in only if they promised to pay the household for their food and lodging nightly.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	lodging	lodge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
19	nightly	nightly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the household |  |  |  | for their food | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent household=Asset for food=Theme |
| 4 | **lodge** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nightly *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had been received on the one strict condition that they would never question the conduct of their hostesses, even if the ladies behaved oddly during the feast and the night.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:171-pg128-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = They had been received on the one strict condition that they would never question the conduct of their hostesses, even if the ladies behaved oddly during the feast and the night.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	question	question	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	even	even	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
25	behaved	behave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
26	oddly	oddly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	during	during	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  | the one strict condition |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location |
| 2 | **not** **question** *speech: other* | would | they | the conduct of their hostesses |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient |
| 3 | **behave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the ladies |  |  |  | during the feast and the night | oddly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | their hostesses |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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