---
title: What was the final condition of the genius at the conclusion of the… — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the final condition of the genius at the conclusion of the contest? Exam question 3 of lesson 177 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third Calender begins his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the final condition of the genius at the conclusion of the contest?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, conclude · **To what, where:** final condition, conclusion, contest

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 177 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third 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/177-pg128-part17/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e3:1
# text = What was the final condition of the genius at the conclusion of the contest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the final condition |  | the conclusion of the contest |  | of the genius | tree rules |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the contest |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pile of smoking ashes on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e3:o1:1
# text = a pile of smoking ashes on the floor
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
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	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a heap of ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e3:o2:1
# text = a heap of ashes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e3:o3:1
# text = dust
1	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a charred body lying in the palace hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e3:o4:1
# text = a charred body lying in the palace hall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	charred	char	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **char** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | a charred body *not said here* |  |  | the palace hall |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/e2/)
- next →: [Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third Calender begins his tale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/)