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title: Upon what condition did Khacan consent to pardon his son Noureddin? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beau… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did Khacan consent to pardon his son Noureddin? Exam question 1 of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part…

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Upon what condition did Khacan consent to pardon his son Noureddin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, pardon · **To what, where:** Khacan consent, son

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» 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/207-pg128-part47/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:e1:1
# text = Upon what condition did Khacan consent to pardon his son Noureddin?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Khacan	khacan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pardon	pardon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | Khacan consent |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pardon** | to-infinitive | condition *not said here* | condition's son |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=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 {#o1}

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Provided he sends the Persian to the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:e1:o1:1
# text = Provided he sends the Persian to the market
1	Provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | the Persian |  | the market |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent persian=Theme to market=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On one condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:e1:o2:1
# text = On one condition
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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On condition that he take the Persian as his wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:e1:o3:1
# text = On condition that he take the Persian as his wife
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive | he | the Persian |  |  |  | as his wife | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent persian=Theme as wife=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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On condition that he divorce the Persian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:e1:o4:1
# text = On condition that he divorce the Persian
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	divorce	divorce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divorce** | present | he | the Persian |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent persian=Co-Agent |

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