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description: Which accomplishment did the young prince pursue with the greatest devotion during his education? Exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

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Which accomplishment did the young prince pursue with the greatest devotion during his education?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** accomplishment, young prince · **What happens:** do, pursue, educate · **To what, where:** young prince

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e1:1
# text = Which accomplishment did the young prince pursue with the greatest devotion during his education?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	accomplishment	accomplishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	education	education	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which accomplishment | the young prince |  |  | during accomplishment's education | with the greatest devotion | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pursue** | present | the young prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **educate** |  | accomplishment |  |  |  |  |  | nom education «act transitive»: 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 {#o1}

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the learning of ancient poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = the learning of ancient poetry
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the study of the old scrolls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = the study of the old scrolls
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** |  |  | the old scrolls |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the careful copying of Arabic characters onto parchment with a reed pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = the careful copying of Arabic characters onto parchment with a reed pen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	parchment	parchment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** |  |  | Arabic characters onto parchment with a reed pen |  |  |  |  | nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the writing of Arabic characters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = the writing of Arabic characters
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** |  |  | Arabic characters |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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