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title: Which of the following was the doctor's wife's proposal for disposin… — Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the doctor's wife's proposal for disposing of the corpse? Exam question 4 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 and 
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad end…

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Which of the following was the doctor's wife's proposal for disposing of the corpse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proposal · **What happens:** follow, be, dispose

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e4:1
# text = Which of the following was the doctor's wife's proposal for disposing of the corpse?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	disposing	dispose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the doctor's wife's proposal | tree rules |
| 3 | **dispose** | gerund | the doctor's wife's proposal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the corpse | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: 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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burning it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = burning it
1	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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carrying it to the cellar stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = carrying it to the cellar stairs
1	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | it |  | the cellar stairs |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stair=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dropping it in the river at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = dropping it in the river at night
1	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | it |  | the river | night |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in river=Destination |

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

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lowering it down the neighbour's chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:191-pg128-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = lowering it down the neighbour's chimney
1	lowering	lower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower down** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | the neighbour's chimney *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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