--- title: What quantity of stones did the owner of the nest elect to retain fo… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What quantity of stones did the owner of the nest elect to retain for himself? Exam question 4 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, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/183-pg128-part23/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap… What quantity of stones did the owner of the nest elect to retain for himself? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quantity · **What happens:** do, retain · **To what, where:** owner This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e4:1 # text = What quantity of stones did the owner of the nest elect to retain for himself? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 elect elect NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what quantity of stones | the owner of the nest elect | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Eventuality | | 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | what quantity of stones *not said here* | | | | | for quantity | tree rules | 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} Only one, a small stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e4:o1:1 # text = Only one, a small stone 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e4:o2:1 # text = Two stones 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e4:o3:1 # text = None 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} One stone, not the largest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:e4:o4:1 # text = One stone, not the largest 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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