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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

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Which island did the ship reach after its long voyage, and what commodity was abundant there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** island, commodity · **What happens:** do, be, voyage · **To what, where:** ship reach

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» 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/185-pg128-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:e1:1
# text = Which island did the ship reach after its long voyage, and what commodity was abundant there?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
14	commodity	commodity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which island | the ship reach |  |  | after island's long voyage |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reach=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | commodity |  |  |  |  | abundant *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **voyage** |  | island |  |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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An island far to the east, where sandal wood and cloves grew in great abundance everywhere

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = An island far to the east, where sandal wood and cloves grew in great abundance everywhere
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	sandal	sandal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cloves	clove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | a island and the east and sandal wood and cloves |  |  | great abundance |  | everywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in abundance=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Serendib, where cinnamon grew in plenty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = Serendib, where cinnamon grew in plenty
1	Serendib	Serendib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	cinnamon	cinnamon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Serendib |  |  | plenty |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in plenty=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Salahat, where sandal wood and ginger grew in great abundance on the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = Salahat, where sandal wood and ginger grew in great abundance on the hills
1	Salahat	Salahat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
4	sandal	sandal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Salahat |  |  | great abundance |  | on the hills | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in abundance=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Salahat, where sandal wood grew abundantly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = Salahat, where sandal wood grew abundantly
1	Salahat	Salahat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	sandal	sandal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	abundantly	abundantly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Salahat |  |  |  |  | abundantly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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