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title: Which material provisions are placed with the husband in the pit at… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material provisions are placed with the husband in the pit at the moment of his descent? Exam question 4 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 book
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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Which material provisions are placed with the husband in the pit at the moment of his descent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** place, descend · **To what, where:** material provisions, pit

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e4:1
# text = Which material provisions are placed with the husband in the pit at the moment of his descent?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive |  | material provisions |  | the pit | moment | with the husband | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pit=Destination |
| 2 | **descend** |  | husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom descent «event intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven loaves of bread and a pitcher of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = Seven loaves of bread and a pitcher of water
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	loaves	loaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bread and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = Bread and water
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A lamp and oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = A lamp and oil
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Some figs, dates and a sack of grain for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = Some figs, dates and a sack of grain for food
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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