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description: Which of the following most accurately describes the condition under which the Princess Parizade succeeds in obtaining the Talking Bird? Exam question 1 of lesson 230 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water» of th
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the condition under which the Princess Parizade succeeds in obtaining the Talking Bird?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess Parizade · **What happens:** follow, describe, succeed, obtain · **To what, where:** condition, Talking Bird

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 230 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water» 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/230-pg128-part70/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the condition under which the Princess Parizade succeeds in obtaining the Talking Bird?
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	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Parizade	Parizade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	succeeds	succeed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 |  | the condition |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 3 | **succeed** | present | the Princess Parizade |  |  | the condition |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **obtain** | gerund | the Princess Parizade *not said here* | the Talking Bird |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Theme |

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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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She gives the bird her silver flask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:e1:o1:1
# text = She gives the bird her silver flask
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | She | bird's silver flask | the bird |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient flask=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She stops her ears with cotton and does not look behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:e1:o2:1
# text = She stops her ears with cotton and does not look behind
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | She | her ears |  |  |  | with cotton | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality with cotton=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **not** **look** | present · do-support | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She offers the dervish a chaplet of pearls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:e1:o3:1
# text = She offers the dervish a chaplet of pearls
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chaplet	chaplet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | She | the dervish |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent dervish=Goal chaplet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She rides at night and sings loud songs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:e1:o4:1
# text = She rides at night and sings loud songs
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | She |  |  |  | night |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | She *not said here* | loud songs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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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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