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title: What procedure did the princess perform to effect the disenchantment? — Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could W… · tree and pragmatics
description: What procedure did the princess perform to effect the disenchantment? Exam question 4 of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m…

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What procedure did the princess perform to effect the disenchantment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** perform · **To what, where:** effect

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» 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/176-pg128-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:e4:1
# text = What procedure did the princess perform to effect the disenchantment?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	disenchantment	disenchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | the princess | effect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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She lit a fire and spoke a prayer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = She lit a fire and spoke a prayer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | She | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | She *not said here* | a prayer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She drew a magic circle on the floor and recited verses from the old book

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = She drew a magic circle on the floor and recited verses from the old book
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	recited	recite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | a magic circle |  | the floor |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Theme on floor=Destination |
| 2 | **recite** | past | She *not said here* | verses |  | the old book |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She inscribed a circle, lit incense and recited the holy verses aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = She inscribed a circle, lit incense and recited the holy verses aloud
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	recited	recite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inscribe** | past | She | a circle and lit incense |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Destination |
| 2 | **recite** | past | She *not said here* | the holy verses |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She inscribed a circle and recited verses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = She inscribed a circle and recited verses
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	recited	recite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inscribe** | past | She | a circle and recited verses |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Destination |
| 2 | **recite** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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