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description: To what office was Camaralzaman appointed, and with what quality was he said to have performed its duties? Exam question 2 of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess rev…

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To what office was Camaralzaman appointed, and with what quality was he said to have performed its duties?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Camaralzaman · **What happens:** be, perform · **To what, where:** duties · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» 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/205-pg128-part45/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:e2:1
# text = To what office was Camaralzaman appointed, and with what quality was he said to have performed its duties?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Camaralzaman	Camaralzaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
11	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Camaralzaman |  |  |  |  | appoint *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | past | Camaralzaman |  |  |  |  | quality *obl:unmarked*; say *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **perform** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | office's duties |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme |

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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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Grand treasurer, honestly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:e2:o1:1
# text = Grand treasurer, honestly
1	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	treasurer	treasurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chief steward of the palace, with wisdom and mercy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:e2:o2:1
# text = Chief steward of the palace, with wisdom and mercy
1	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keeper of the stables, with patience and zeal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:e2:o3:1
# text = Keeper of the stables, with patience and zeal
1	Keeper	Keeper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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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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Grand treasurer, with integrity and benevolence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:e2:o4:1
# text = Grand treasurer, with integrity and benevolence
1	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	treasurer	treasurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	integrity	integrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	benevolence	benevolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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