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description: What is the nature of the burial custom described by the husband to Sindbad? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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What is the nature of the burial custom described by the husband to Sindbad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** burial custom

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e3:1
# text = What is the nature of the burial custom described by the husband to Sindbad?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nature of the burial custom |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the burial custom *not said here* |  |  |  | by the husband to Sindbad | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 {#o1}

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Burial of the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = Burial of the dead
1	Burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A forced burial of the living with their dead partners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = A forced burial of the living with their dead partners
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bury** |  |  | the living |  |  |  | with their dead partners | nom burial «event transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A compulsory interment of the living with the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = A compulsory interment of the living with the dead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interment	interment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inter** |  |  | the living with the dead |  |  |  |  | nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A quick funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = A quick funeral
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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