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title: Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry to the palace? Exam question 3 of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

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Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry to the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** impersonate, gain · **To what, where:** order, entry

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» 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/213-pg128-part53/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e3:1
# text = Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry to the palace?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	impersonate	impersonate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impersonate** | past · do-support | which person |  |  | order |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | which person *not said here* | entry |  |  |  | to the palace *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to palace=Result |

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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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the holy woman Fatima, daughter of the prophet, who lived in a far-off desert shrine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e3:o1:1
# text = the holy woman Fatima, daughter of the prophet, who lived in a far-off desert shrine
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
15	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	off	off	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | daughter of the prophet |  |  | a desert shrine |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shrine=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the holy woman Fatima, the Sultan's own sister who had been kept hidden in the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e3:o2:1
# text = the holy woman Fatima, the Sultan's own sister who had been kept hidden in the palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Sultan's own sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle | the Sultan's own sister *not said here* |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the holy woman Fatima

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e3:o3:1
# text = the holy woman Fatima
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e3:o4:1
# text = the princess
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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