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description: Which of the following best describes the reason the Caliph and his Vizier cannot resume human form? Exam question 1 of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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Which of the following best describes the reason the Caliph and his Vizier cannot resume human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Caliph · **What happens:** follow, describe, not resume · **To what, where:** reason, human form

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the reason the Caliph and his Vizier cannot resume human form?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	resume	resume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
17	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **resume** | can | the Caliph and his Vizier | human form |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality |

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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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They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence, and the laughing rule as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence, and the laughing rule as well
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bowing	bowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
17	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	16	advmod	_	_
18	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | They | the magic word and the bowing sequence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bowing	bowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | They | the magic word and the bowing sequence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They cannot remember the spell and the powder's place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = They cannot remember the spell and the powder's place
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remember** | can | They | the spell |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent spell=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They have lost their robes and the royal seal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = They have lost their robes and the royal seal
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | They | their robes and the royal seal |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Eventuality |

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