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title: What was the Sultan's judgement concerning the fabricated account of… — Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Sultan's judgement concerning the fabricated account of his children's birth? Exam question 3 of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

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What was the Sultan's judgement concerning the fabricated account of his children's birth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judgement · **What happens:** be, concern, account · **To what, where:** fabricated account, birth

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» 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/233-pg128-part73/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e3:1
# text = What was the Sultan's judgement concerning the fabricated account of his children's birth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Sultan's judgement |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Sultan's judgement *not said here* | the fabricated account of his children's birth |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus account=Experiencer |
| 3 | **account** |  |  | his children's birth |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He recognised the falsehood after the bird spoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e3:o1:1
# text = He recognised the falsehood after the bird spoke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | past | He | the falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer falsehood=Stimulus |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He recognised the falsehood only after the Talking Bird spoke in the saloon at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e3:o2:1
# text = He recognised the falsehood only after the Talking Bird spoke in the saloon at dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	saloon	saloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | past | He | the falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer falsehood=Stimulus |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Talking Bird |  |  | the saloon | dawn |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He accepted the story until the bird spoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e3:o3:1
# text = He accepted the story until the bird spoke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | He | the story |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He doubted the tale only after the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e3:o4:1
# text = He doubted the tale only after the feast
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | past | He | the tale |  |  | after the feast |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=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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