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description: Which member of the sultan's family undertook the task of guarding the date tree? Exam question 1 of lesson 1794 «Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards the date tree and catches the bird» 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, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards th…

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Which member of the sultan's family undertook the task of guarding the date tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** member, task · **What happens:** undertake, guard · **To what, where:** task, date tree

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1794 «Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards the date tree and catches the bird» 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/1794-pg641-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:e1:1
# text = Which member of the sultan's family undertook the task of guarding the date tree?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	undertook	undertake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past | which member of the sultan's family | the task |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |
| 2 | **guard** | gerund | the task *not said here* | the date tree |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Beneficiary |

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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 youngest son, the one called Sit-in-the-Kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = The youngest son, the one called Sit-in-the-Kitchen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	Sit	Sit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Kitchen	Kitchen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The youngest son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = The youngest son
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sultan's wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = The sultan's wife
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The boy who had been sitting by the kitchen fire all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = The boy who had been sitting by the kitchen fire all along
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	along	along	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · perfect · progressive | the boy |  |  |  |  | by the kitchen fire; along *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |

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