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description: What is the principal purpose of the prince's residence within the princess's household? Exam question 3 of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

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What is the principal purpose of the prince's residence within the princess's household?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal purpose, residence · **What happens:** be, purpose

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» 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/1202-pg3282-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e3:1
# text = What is the principal purpose of the prince's residence within the princess's household?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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** | present | the principal purpose of the prince's residence within the princess's household |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the prince's residence |  |  |  |  | within the princess's household | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent within=obl |

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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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To live quietly and serve the princess as a madman until the king decides what to do with him

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = To live quietly and serve the princess as a madman until the king decides what to do with him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	madman	madman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a madman; quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | infinitive |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Attribute |
| 3 | **decide** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To discover the answer to the riddle so that he can avenge his brothers and win the princess

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = To discover the answer to the riddle so that he can avenge his brothers and win the princess
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discover	discover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	avenge	avenge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive |  | the answer |  |  |  | to the riddle | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |
| 2 | **avenge** | can | he | his brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | present | he *not said here* | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To seek the answer of the riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = To seek the answer of the riddle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive |  | the answer of the riddle |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** |  |  | the riddle |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To discover the answer to the riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = To discover the answer to the riddle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discover	discover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive |  | the answer |  |  |  | to the riddle | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |

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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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