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title: Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narr… — Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narrator's intentions but chose not to contest them? Exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

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Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narrator's intentions but chose not to contest them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** words, dervish, narrator · **What happens:** show, understand, choose, not contest, intend · **To what, where:** intentions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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/215-pg128-part55/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:e2:1
# text = Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narrator's intentions but chose not to contest them?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	contest	contest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which words in the passage |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **understand** | past | the dervish | the narrator's intentions |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer intention=Stimulus |
| 3 | **choose** | past | the dervish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **contest** | to-infinitive | the dervish *not said here* | intentions *= intention* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **intend** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"who understood me quite well, but did not wish to fight the matter"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:e2:o1:1
# text = "who understood me quite well, but did not wish to fight the matter"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** *in a quote* | past |  | me |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **fight** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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who saw through me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:e2:o2:1
# text = who saw through me
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past |  |  |  |  |  | through me | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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who grasped my plan entirely, though he chose to say nothing of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:e2:o3:1
# text = who grasped my plan entirely, though he chose to say nothing of it
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grasped	grasp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | past |  | my plan |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **choose** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 4 | **plan** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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who knew my heart well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:e2:o4:1
# text = who knew my heart well
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past |  | my heart |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer heart=Stimulus |

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