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title: What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden… — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden, as recounted in the passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

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What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden, as recounted in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, make, recount · **To what, where:** discovery, passage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» 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/203-pg128-part43/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:e2:1
# text = What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden, as recounted in the passage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	recounted	recount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nature of the discovery |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the discovery *not said here* |  |  |  | by the prince in the garden | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **recount** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He discovers a cave containing fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = He discovers a cave containing fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovers	discover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present | He | a cave |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Topic |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund | a cave *not said here* | fifty bronze jars |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jar=Theme |
| 3 | **fill** | participle |  | fifty bronze jars *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold dust | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dust=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He uncovers a well holding forty silver urns full of ancient coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = He uncovers a well holding forty silver urns full of ancient coins
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uncovers	uncover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	obj	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
6	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	urns	urn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uncover** | present | He | a |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund |  | forty silver |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme |
| 3 | **urn** | present | holding |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He discovers a temple with twenty statues carved from the old garden stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = He discovers a temple with twenty statues carved from the old garden stone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovers	discover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present | He | a temple |  |  |  | with twenty statues | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temple=Topic |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  | twenty statues *not said here* |  | the old garden stone |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He discovers a tunnel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:203-pg128-part43:e2:o4:1
# text = He discovers a tunnel
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovers	discover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present | He | a tunnel |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunnel=Topic |

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