--- title: Which of the following accurately describes the prince's response to… — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately describes the prince's response to the captain's abduction? Exam question 4 of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/204-pg128-part44/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, Camaralzaman and Badou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/204-pg128-part44/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli… Which of the following accurately describes the prince's response to the captain's abduction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** captain · **What happens:** follow, describe, abduct · **To what, where:** response This is exam question 4 of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» 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/204-pg128-part44/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:e4:1 # text = Which of the following accurately describes the prince's response to the captain's abduction? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 abduction abduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **describe** | present | | the prince's response | | | | to the captain's abduction; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to abduction=be' | | 3 | **abduct** | | the captain | | | | | | nom abduction «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He protested ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:e4:o1:1 # text = He protested 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protested protest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | He | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He denied owing anything to the royal treasury at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:e4:o2:1 # text = He denied owing anything to the royal treasury at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denied deny VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 owing owe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deny** | past | He | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **owe** | gerund | He *not said here* | anything | | | | to the royal treasury at all *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent anything=Theme to treasury=Goal | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He protested that he had never heard of the king before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:e4:o3:1 # text = He protested that he had never heard of the king before 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protested protest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 before before ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect | he | | | | | of the king; before *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of king=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} He insisted he knew nothing of the captain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:e4:o4:1 # text = He insisted he knew nothing of the captain 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | he | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | **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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