--- title: Which term describes the blind man's act of making amends for his sin? — Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haro… · tree and pragmatics description: Which term describes the blind man's act of making amends for his sin? Exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part 1: the Caliph is stopped by a blind beggar who begs to be struck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/214-pg128-part54/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, The Adventures of Haro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/214-pg128-part54/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part… Which term describes the blind man's act of making amends for his sin? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, act, blind man · **What happens:** describe, make, act · **To what, where:** act, amends This is exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part 1: the Caliph is stopped by a blind beggar who begs to be struck» 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/214-pg128-part54/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:e4:1 # text = Which term describes the blind man's act of making amends for his sin? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which term | the blind man's act | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme | | 2 | **make** | gerund | the blind man's act *not said here* | amends | | | | for term's sin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for sin=Asset | | 3 | **act** | | the blind man | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: 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} repentance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:e4:o1:1 # text = repentance 1 repentance repentance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} expiation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:e4:o2:1 # text = expiation 1 expiation expiation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} making a public confession ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:e4:o3:1 # text = making a public confession 1 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | a public confession | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset confession=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} redemption ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:e4:o4:1 # text = redemption 1 redemption redemption NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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