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title: State the name of the creature within which the heroine was conceale… — Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the name of the creature within which the heroine was concealed for a period of twelve years. Exam question 1 of lesson 1827 «Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leaves the fish, grows young, is turned to ashes, and returns as a little white dog» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leave…

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State the name of the creature within which the heroine was concealed for a period of twelve years.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, conceal, name · **To what, where:** name, heroine, creature

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1827 «Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leaves the fish, grows young, is turned to ashes, and returns as a little white dog» 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/1827-pg7128-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:e1:1
# text = State the name of the creature within which the heroine was concealed for a period of twelve years.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the name of the creature |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · passive |  | the heroine |  |  |  | within the creature; for a period of twelve years | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | the creature |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The lake eel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = The lake eel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The Rohu fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = The Rohu fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Rohu	Rohu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fish	fish	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 fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = The fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	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 large Rohu fish from the palace pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = The large Rohu fish from the palace pond
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Rohu	Rohu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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