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title: Which of the following describes the choice offered by the Caliph to… — Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the choice offered by the Caliph to the son of the Grand Vizier? Exam question 1 of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

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Which of the following describes the choice offered by the Caliph to the son of the Grand Vizier?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, offer · **To what, where:** choice, son

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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/1874-pg7277-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the choice offered by the Caliph to the son of the Grand Vizier?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Grand	Grand	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the choice | tree rules |
| 3 | **offer** | participle |  | the choice *not said here* | the son of the Grand Vizier |  |  | by the Caliph | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to son=Goal |

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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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Either a public execution in the square or the swallowing of a pinch of the magic snuff at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = Either a public execution in the square or the swallowing of a pinch of the magic snuff at once
1	Either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc:preconj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a pinch of the magic snuff | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pinch** |  |  | the magic snuff |  |  |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Death or the taking of a pinch of the magic snuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = Death or the taking of a pinch of the magic snuff
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** |  |  | a pinch of the magic snuff |  |  |  |  | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **pinch** |  |  | the magic snuff |  |  |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Death by the palace guards or a pinch of the magic snuff that would turn him into a bird for life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = Death by the palace guards or a pinch of the magic snuff that would turn him into a bird for life
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the magic snuff | him *= he* |  |  |  | into a bird for life *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result |
| 2 | **die** |  | the palace guards or a pinch of the magic snuff |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: by=agent |
| 3 | **pinch** |  |  | the magic snuff |  |  |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Imprisonment or a bath in the royal fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = Imprisonment or a bath in the royal fountain
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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