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title: Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling whit… — Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling white form he approached? Exam question 3 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 dependenc
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

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Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling white form he approached?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Sindbad · **What happens:** identify, approach · **To what, where:** dazzling white form

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e3:1
# text = Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling white form he approached?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	dazzling	dazzling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	approached	approach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  | as the source of the dazzling white form | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as source=Attribute |
| 2 | **approach** | past | Sindbad | the dazzling white form *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |

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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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A giant moon-shaped shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e3:o1:1
# text = A giant moon-shaped shell
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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

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An egg belonging to a roc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e3:o2:1
# text = An egg belonging to a roc
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund | a egg *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a roc | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A large egg that was laid by a huge bird called the roc, and kept on the island

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e3:o3:1
# text = A large egg that was laid by a huge bird called the roc, and kept on the island
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past · passive | a huge bird | a large egg |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a huge bird *not said here* | the roc |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent roc=Recipient |
| 3 | **keep** | participle |  | a large egg *not said here* |  | the island |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An enormous white egg that belonged to a roc and was guarded by the great bird

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:e3:o4:1
# text = An enormous white egg that belonged to a roc and was guarded by the great bird
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	belonged	belong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | past | a enormous white egg |  |  |  |  | to a roc | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | past · passive | the great bird | a enormous white egg |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

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**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.

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