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description: In what manner does the king respond when Sindbad inquires after foreign persons? Exam question 2 of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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In what manner does the king respond when Sindbad inquires after foreign persons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** do, inquire · **To what, where:** king respond, manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» 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/186-pg128-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the king respond when Sindbad inquires after foreign persons?
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	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	inquires	inquire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the king respond |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | present | Sindbad |  |  |  | after foreign persons |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With a heartless and indifferent smile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = With a heartless and indifferent smile
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	heartless	heartless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With a cruel, mocking grin and a dismissive wave, speaking as if the question were absurd

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = With a cruel, mocking grin and a dismissive wave, speaking as if the question were absurd
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	absurd	absurd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a cruel mocking grin and a dismissive wave *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the question | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | a cruel mocking grin and a dismissive wave |  |  |  |  | absurd *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With an uncaring and wicked sort of smirk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = With an uncaring and wicked sort of smirk
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	uncaring	uncaring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	smirk	smirk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | smirk |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With a mocking and unfeeling grin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = With a mocking and unfeeling grin
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	unfeeling	unfeeling	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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