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title: Which eye did the dervish's ointment render sightless when applied i… — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which eye did the dervish's ointment render sightless when applied in the manner forbidden? Exam question 1 of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

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Which eye did the dervish's ointment render sightless when applied in the manner forbidden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eye, ointment · **What happens:** do, render, apply, forbid · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» 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/216-pg128-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e1:1
# text = Which eye did the dervish's ointment render sightless when applied in the manner forbidden?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	sightless	sightless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which eye |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **render** | present | the dervish's ointment |  |  |  |  | sightless *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **apply** | participle | the dervish's ointment *not said here* |  |  | the manner |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in manner=Destination |
| 4 | **forbid** | participle | the dervish's ointment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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the right eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = the right eye
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the right eye, the one he had been warned about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = the right eye, the one he had been warned about
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect · passive | the one *not said here* | he |  |  |  | about *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the left eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = the left eye
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = the eye
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eye	eye	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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