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description: Upon what grounds did the master attribute to Sindbad the special protection of Heaven? Exam question 2 of lesson 191 «Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad ends his last voyage, and a hunchback dies at supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad end…

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Upon what grounds did the master attribute to Sindbad the special protection of Heaven?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ground, do, protect · **To what, where:** master attribute, Heaven

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 191 «Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad ends his last voyage, and a hunchback dies at supper» 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/191-pg128-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the master attribute to Sindbad the special protection of Heaven?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the master attribute |  |  |  | to Sindbad | tree rules |
| 3 | **protect** |  |  | Heaven |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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his escape from the wild elephants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = his escape from the wild elephants
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | from the wild elephants | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his escape from the wild elephants that guarded the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = his escape from the wild elephants that guarded the valley
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | his escape from the wild elephants | the valley |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **escape** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | from the wild elephants | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his escape from the wild elephants and the cruel valley king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = his escape from the wild elephants and the cruel valley king
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | from the wild elephants | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his rescue from the cruel captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = his rescue from the cruel captain
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** |  | his *= he* |  |  | the cruel captain |  |  | nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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