--- title: In what manner did the merchants respond upon discovering the protag… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the merchants respond upon discovering the protagonist within the nest? Exam question 3 of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/183-pg128-part23/e3/) [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, Sindbad the Sailor, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/183-pg128-part23/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap… In what manner did the merchants respond upon discovering the protagonist within the nest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchants · **What happens:** do, respond, discover · **To what, where:** manner, protagonist This is exam question 3 of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» 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/183-pg128-part23/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e3:1 # text = In what manner did the merchants respond upon discovering the protagonist within the nest? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 respond respond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 within within ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | the merchants | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **discover** | gerund | the merchants *not said here* | the protagonist | | | | within the nest | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They reproached him, showing their annoyance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e3:o1:1 # text = They reproached him, showing their annoyance 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 annoyance annoyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reproach** | past | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **show** | gerund | They *not said here* | their annoyance | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent annoyance=Recipient | | 3 | **annoy** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom annoyance «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e3:o2:1 # text = They laughed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They scolded him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e3:o3:1 # text = They scolded him 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | past | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They rebuked him, expressing their vexation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e3:o4:1 # text = They rebuked him, expressing their vexation 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rebuked rebuke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 expressing express VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebuke** | past | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **express** | gerund | They *not said here* | their vexation | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vexation=Theme | | 3 | **vex** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom vexation «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | **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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