--- title: By what means did the vizier's son ascertain that the pilaw was pois… — Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar,… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the vizier's son ascertain that the pilaw was poisoned? Exam question 3 of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1853-pg7128-part37/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, The Princess Gulizar,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1853-pg7128-part37/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned… By what means did the vizier's son ascertain that the pilaw was poisoned? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** mean, ascertain, poison · **To what, where:** pilaw This is exam question 3 of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» 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/1853-pg7128-part37/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e3:1 # text = By what means did the vizier's son ascertain that the pilaw was poisoned? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pilaw pilaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ascertain** | past · do-support | the vizier's son | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **poison** | past · passive | | the pilaw | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} By smelling the smoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e3:o1:1 # text = By smelling the smoke 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 smelling smell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | gerund | | the smoke | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoke=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} By seeing the stream water change colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e3:o2:1 # text = By seeing the stream water change colour 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | the stream water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 2 | **change** | present | | colour | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By observing the grass beneath the saucepan turn yellow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e3:o3:1 # text = By observing the grass beneath the saucepan turn yellow 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 saucepan saucepan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | gerund | you *not said here* | the grass | | | | beneath the saucepan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grass=Topic | | 2 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | yellow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By noticing the crows drop down and die ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e3:o4:1 # text = By noticing the crows drop down and die 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | gerund | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **drop down** | present | the crows | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **die** | infinitive | the crows *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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