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description: What ultimately prevented the intendant from disclosing the secret of the children's origin? Exam question 3 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 sc
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

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What ultimately prevented the intendant from disclosing the secret of the children's origin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** prevent, disclose · **To what, where:** intendant, secret

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e3:1
# text = What ultimately prevented the intendant from disclosing the secret of the children's origin?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	intendant	intendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	disclosing	disclose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past |  | the intendant |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disclose** | gerund |  | the secret of the children's origin |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot secret=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His sudden death, which overtook him before he could do so, after years of keeping the secret from everyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e3:o1:1
# text = His sudden death, which overtook him before he could do so, after years of keeping the secret from everyone
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	overtook	overtake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overtake** | past | His sudden death | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | could | death |  |  |  | year |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund | years *not said here* | the secret |  | everyone |  |  | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from everyone=Eventuality |
| 4 | **die** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His fear that the children would be taken away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e3:o2:1
# text = His fear that the children would be taken away
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | would · passive |  | His fear that the children |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fear** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | that the children | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent that=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His fear of the sisters' spies in the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e3:o3:1
# text = His fear of the sisters' spies in the household
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  | His *= he* | the sisters's spies in the household |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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His sudden death, which overtook him before he could do so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e3:o4:1
# text = His sudden death, which overtook him before he could do so
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	overtook	overtake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overtake** | past | His sudden death | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | could | death |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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