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title: Which being was held responsible for the princess's affliction? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which being was held responsible for the princess's affliction? Exam question 1 of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:…

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Which being was held responsible for the princess's affliction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** hold, afflict

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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/175-pg128-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e1:1
# text = Which being was held responsible for the princess's affliction?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	affliction	affliction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the princess's affliction; responsible *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **afflict** |  | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom affliction «state 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 {#o1}

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The envious man who pushed the dervish into the well at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = The envious man who pushed the dervish into the well at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	envious	envious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | the envious man | the dervish |  | the well | night |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dervish=Theme into well=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoroaster, son of Hafiz

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = Zoroaster, son of Hafiz
1	Zoroaster	zoroaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hafiz	Hafiz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ahriman, the cruel genie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = Ahriman, the cruel genie
1	Ahriman	Ahriman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Maimoum, son of Dimdim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = Maimoum, son of Dimdim
1	Maimoum	Maimoum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dimdim	Dimdim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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