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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the decision the merchant reached upon discovering the gold within the vase?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** follow, describe, reach, discover · **To what, where:** decision, gold

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 219 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali hides gold in a vase of olives, and his friend steals it» 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/219-pg128-part59/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the decision the merchant reached upon discovering the gold within the vase?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | past | the merchant | the decision |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent decision=Theme |
| 4 | **discover** | gerund | the merchant *not said here* | the gold |  |  |  | within the vase | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

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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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He kept the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:e2:o1:1
# text = He kept the gold
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He concealed the gold and replaced the olives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:e2:o2:1
# text = He concealed the gold and replaced the olives
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	replaced	replace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
| 2 | **replace** | past | He *not said here* | the olives |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme olive=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He hid the gold and changed olives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:e2:o3:1
# text = He hid the gold and changed olives
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
| 2 | **change** | past | He *not said here* | olives |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He hid the gold and bought new olives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:219-pg128-part59:e2:o4:1
# text = He hid the gold and bought new olives
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
| 2 | **buy** | past | He *not said here* | new olives |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Theme |

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