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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

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Under whose supervision were the three infants reared, and by what names were the princes designated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** three infants, names · **What happens:** be, designate · **To what, where:** supervision, princes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 228 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three foundlings grow up, and a pilgrim names three wonders the princess must have» 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/228-pg128-part68/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e2:1
# text = Under whose supervision were the three infants reared, and by what names were the princes designated?
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	supervision	supervision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reared	rear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
13	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
17	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the three infants |  |  | supervision |  | rear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | names | the princes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle |  | the princes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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Under the intendant's care, as Bahman and Perviz

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e2:o1:1
# text = Under the intendant's care, as Bahman and Perviz
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	intendant	intendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Perviz	Perviz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** |  | the intendant |  |  |  |  | as Bahman and Perviz | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the intendant, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e2:o2:1
# text = By the intendant, bro
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	intendant	intendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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As princes, Kai

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e2:o3:1
# text = As princes, Kai
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	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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Under the sisters' care, as Kai and Ali

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e2:o4:1
# text = Under the sisters' care, as Kai and Ali
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** |  | the sisters |  |  |  |  | as Kai and Ali | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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