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title: What three objects did the old devotee declare to be wanting in the… — Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What three objects did the old devotee declare to be wanting in the princess's house? Exam question 4 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, w
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What three objects did the old devotee declare to be wanting in the princess's house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old devotee · **What happens:** declare, want · **To what, where:** house

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e4:1
# text = What three objects did the old devotee declare to be wanting in the princess's house?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	devotee	devotee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the old devotee |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **want** | to-infinitive · progressive | the old devotee *not said here* |  |  | the princess's house |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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The Golden Bird, the Ivory Tree and the Silver Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e4:o1:1
# text = The Golden Bird, the Ivory Tree and the Silver Water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Ivory	Ivory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Silver	Silver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e4:o2:1
# text = The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Singing	Singing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and a well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e4:o3:1
# text = The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and a well
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Singing	Singing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	conj	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, the Golden Water and a proper stone gate for the princess's house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:e4:o4:1
# text = The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, the Golden Water and a proper stone gate for the princess's house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Singing	Singing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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

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