--- title: According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when S… — Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of S… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when Sindbad claimed his identity? Exam question 2 of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/182-pg128-part22/e2/) [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 Second Voyage of S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/182-pg128-part22/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p… According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when Sindbad claimed his identity? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** accord, do, claim · **To what, where:** narrative, captain first respond, identity This is exam question 2 of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» 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/182-pg128-part22/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e2:1 # text = According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when Sindbad claimed his identity? 1 According accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 respond respond NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | to the narrative *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal | | 2 | **do** | past | | the captain first respond | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | | 3 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | Sindbad | Sindbad's identity | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He expressed incredulity and accused Sindbad of falsehood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e2:o1:1 # text = He expressed incredulity and accused Sindbad of falsehood 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 incredulity incredulity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 falsehood falsehood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | past | He | incredulity | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incredulity=Theme | | 2 | **accuse** | past | He *not said here* | Sindbad | | | | of falsehood | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sindbad=Theme of falsehood=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He refused to believe him and sent him away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e2:o2:1 # text = He refused to believe him and sent him away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | He | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **believe** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **send away** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was amazed and asked for proof of his story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e2:o3:1 # text = He was amazed and asked for proof of his story 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He *not said here* | | | | | for proof of his story | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **proof** | | | his story | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He welcomed him home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e2:o4:1 # text = He welcomed him home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **welcome** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | home *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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. 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