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description: Which statement correctly describes the sultan's reason for entrusting his son to Elfi Bey? Exam question 1 of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 1 · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which statement correctly describes the sultan's reason for entrusting his son to Elfi Bey?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, reason · **What happens:** describe, entrust · **To what, where:** reason, son, Elfi

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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/717-pg2435-part57/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:e1:1
# text = Which statement correctly describes the sultan's reason for entrusting his son to Elfi Bey?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	entrusting	entrust	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	Bey	Bey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which statement | the sultan's reason |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **entrust** | gerund | the sultan's reason *not said here* | statement's son | Elfi |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to elfi=Recipient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had been told by soothsayers, who were men of great learning, that his son would face mortal peril in the coming years and must be hidden in a distant province until he was old enough to defend himself against his enemies and rule the kingdom wisely.

<!-- fold The tree, 47 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:e1:o1:1
# text = He had been told by soothsayers, who were men of great learning, that his son would face mortal peril in the coming years and must be hidden in a distant province until he was old enough to defend himself against his enemies and rule the kingdom wisely.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	soothsayers	soothsayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	face	face	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
20	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	amod	_	_
25	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
37	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	advcl	_	_
38	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
41	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	40	obj	_	_
42	against	against	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | He | soothsayers |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | soothsayers | men |  |  |  | of great learning | tree rules |
| 3 | **face** | would | his son | mortal peril |  |  | year |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent peril=Destination |
| 4 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **hide** | must · passive | his son *not said here* |  |  | a distant province |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: in province=Location |
| 6 | **is** | past | son |  |  |  |  | enough, old *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **defend** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | son |  |  |  | against son's enemies | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary against enemy=Theme |
| 8 | **rule** | infinitive | son *not said here* | the kingdom |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He obeyed the advice of his counsellors who warned of danger to the prince in youth.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:e1:o2:1
# text = He obeyed the advice of his counsellors who warned of danger to the prince in youth.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obeyed	obey	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	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | past | He | the advice of his counsellors |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | his counsellors |  |  | youth |  | of danger; to the prince | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of danger=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He acted upon the warnings of soothsayers who predicted peril before the age of twenty-two.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:e1:o3:1
# text = He acted upon the warnings of soothsayers who predicted peril before the age of twenty-two.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	soothsayers	soothsayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	predicted	predict	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past | He |  |  |  |  | upon the warnings of soothsayers | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **predict** | past | soothsayers | peril |  |  | before the age of twenty two |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot peril=Topic |
| 3 | **warn** |  |  | soothsayers |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because he trusted Elfi Bey above all others, he decided to send the boy away from the court, believing that such a secret arrangement would protect the young prince from every threat the stars had foretold for him in the years to come.

<!-- fold The tree, 43 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:e1:o4:1
# text = Because he trusted Elfi Bey above all others, he decided to send the boy away from the court, believing that such a secret arrangement would protect the young prince from every threat the stars had foretold for him in the years to come.
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Bey	Bey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
23	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	26	det:predet	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
27	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
34	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	foretold	foretell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl:relcl	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | past | he | Elfi Bey |  | all others |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bey=Theme |
| 2 | **decide** | past | Bey |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bey *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  | away *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 4 | **believe** | gerund | Bey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **protect** | would | such secret arrangement |  | the young prince |  |  | from every threat | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent prince=Beneficiary from threat=Theme |
| 6 | **foretell** | past · perfect · passive | every threat *not said here* | the stars |  |  | year | for arrangement | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | every threat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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