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title: Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon… — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Oliv… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon which the Indian consented to surrender the enchanted horse to the monarch? Exam question 4 of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» of the books course o
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon which the Indian consented to surrender the enchanted horse to the monarch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, describe, consent, surrender, enchant · **To what, where:** terms, enchanted horse, monarch

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» 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/221-pg128-part61/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon which the Indian consented to surrender the enchanted horse to the monarch?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 |  | the terms |  |  |  | of the following statements; correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 3 | **consent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **surrender** | to-infinitive |  | the enchanted horse | the monarch |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to monarch=Recipient |
| 5 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would yield the animal to the king upon a single stated condition.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:e4:o1:1
# text = He would yield the animal to the king upon a single stated condition.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yield** | would | He | the animal | the king |  |  | upon a single stated condition | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to king=Goal |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would sell it for gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:e4:o2:1
# text = He would sell it for gold.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | would | He | it |  |  |  | for gold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for gold=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He refused to part with it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:e4:o3:1
# text = He refused to part with it.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He | part |  |  |  | with part | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would hand the steed over to the monarch if the king agreed to one term.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:e4:o4:1
# text = He would hand the steed over to the monarch if the king agreed to one term.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | would | He | the steed |  | the monarch |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent steed=Theme to monarch=Destination |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the king |  |  |  |  | to one term | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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