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description: State the punishment inflicted upon the slave when he persisted in denying knowledge of the lady. Exam question 3 of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39:…

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State the punishment inflicted upon the slave when he persisted in denying knowledge of the lady.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** inflict, persist, deny · **To what, where:** State punishment, knowledge

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» 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/199-pg128-part39/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e3:1
# text = State the punishment inflicted upon the slave when he persisted in denying knowledge of the lady.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	persisted	persist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	denying	deny	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflict** | participle |  | the State punishment *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the slave | tree rules |
| 2 | **persist** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **deny** | gerund | he *not said here* | knowledge of the lady |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a severe beating and months locked in the dungeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e3:o1:1
# text = a severe beating and months locked in the dungeon
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  | a severe beating and months *not said here* |  | the dungeon |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a beating, a ducking in the well, and exile from court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e3:o2:1
# text = a beating, a ducking in the well, and exile from court
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducking	ducking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a beating and a ducking in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e3:o3:1
# text = a beating and a ducking in the sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducking	ducking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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a beating and a ducking in the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e3:o4:1
# text = a beating and a ducking in the well
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducking	ducking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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