--- title: Describe the advice offered by the prime minister to the sultan rega… — Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Cam… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the advice offered by the prime minister to the sultan regarding the removal of the prince. Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/199-pg128-part39/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Cam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/199-pg128-part39/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39:… Describe the advice offered by the prime minister to the sultan regarding the removal of the prince. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, offer, regard, remove · **To what, where:** advice, sultan, prince This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e4:1 # text = Describe the advice offered by the prime minister to the sultan regarding the removal of the prince. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 removal removal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the advice | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | participle | | the advice *not said here* | | | | to the sultan regard the removal of the prince *goal*; by the prime minister | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to sultan=Goal | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **remove** | | | the prince | | | | | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a move to a nearby island ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e4:o1:1 # text = a move to a nearby island 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a move with the prince to a remote island far across the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e4:o2:1 # text = a move with the prince to a remote island far across the sea 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 11 across across ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} to sell the prince as a slave to the genii ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e4:o3:1 # text = to sell the prince as a slave to the genii 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sell sell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 genii genii NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive | | the prince | the genii | | | as a slave | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to genii=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a trip to a nearby town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:e4:o4:1 # text = a trip to a nearby town 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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