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title: Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in t… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

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Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** hold, address · **To what, where:** occupation, individual, narrative

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» 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/181-pg128-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:e1:1
# text = Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in the narrative?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hindbad	Hindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive | the individual | which occupation |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **address** | participle |  | the individual *not said here* |  | the narrative |  | as Hindbad | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a servant who carried heavy loads of goods for the wealthy merchants of the city

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = a servant who carried heavy loads of goods for the wealthy merchants of the city
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | a servant | heavy loads of goods |  |  |  | for the wealthy merchants of the city | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a keeper of the gate and the doors of the great mansion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = a keeper of the gate and the doors of the great mansion
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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clerk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = clerk
1	clerk	clerk	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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porter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = porter
1	porter	porter	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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