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title: Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to… — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to the pavilion? Exam question 1 of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

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Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to the pavilion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, instruct, bring · **To what, where:** vizir, pavilion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» 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/209-pg128-part49/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to the pavilion?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	instruct	instruct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pavilion	pavilion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present |  | the vizir |  |  |  | of the Caliph | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | the vizir *not said here* |  | the pavilion |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to pavilion=Destination |

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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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Four servants with fresh robes and wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e1:o1:1
# text = Four servants with fresh robes and wine
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two slaves with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e1:o2:1
# text = Two slaves with water
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four guards for the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e1:o3:1
# text = Four guards for the door
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Four slaves bearing a change of raiment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e1:o4:1
# text = Four slaves bearing a change of raiment
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	raiment	raiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Four slaves *not said here* | a change of raiment |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Patient |
| 2 | **change** |  | raiment |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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