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title: Which object did the gazelle convey to the sultan as a pledge? — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the gazelle convey to the sultan as a pledge? Exam question 1 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

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Which object did the gazelle convey to the sultan as a pledge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** convey · **To what, where:** sultan

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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/1772-pg641-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e1:1
# text = Which object did the gazelle convey to the sultan as a pledge?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	_
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	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past · do-support | which object |  | the sultan |  |  | as a pledge | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sultan=Recipient |

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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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a huge bright jewel from the cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = a huge bright jewel from the cave
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a precious shining diamond wrapped in cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = a precious shining diamond wrapped in cloth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wrap** | participle |  | a precious shining diamond *not said here* |  | cloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a small golden coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = a small golden coin
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a large bright diamond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = a large bright diamond
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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