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title: State the precise nature of the substance found upon the floor of th… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the precise nature of the substance found upon the floor of the cave, as described in the narrative. Exam question 4 of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

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State the precise nature of the substance found upon the floor of the cave, as described in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** find, describe · **To what, where:** narrative

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» 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/188-pg128-part28/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:e4:1
# text = State the precise nature of the substance found upon the floor of the cave, as described in the narrative.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | State  the precise nature of the substance |  |  |  |  | upon the floor of the cave | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the narrative |  |  | 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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Rubies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:e4:o1:1
# text = Rubies
1	Rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ivory dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:e4:o2:1
# text = Ivory dust
1	Ivory	ivory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:e4:o3:1
# text = Gold
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ambergris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:e4:o4:1
# text = Ambergris
1	Ambergris	Ambergris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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