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title: why did the Sultan promise his niece to the one with the best rarity? — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the Sultan promise his niece to the one with the best rarity? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did the Sultan promise his niece to the one with the best rarity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** promise · **To what, where:** niece

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1493-pg503-part80/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t12:1
# text = why did the Sultan promise his niece to the one with the best rarity?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	rarity	rarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | the Sultan |  | Sultan's niece |  |  | to the one with the best rarity *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent niece=Theme to one=Goal |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the rarities would be displayed in the palace and praised by all the people

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t12:o1:1
# text = Because the rarities would be displayed in the palace and praised by all the people
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rarities	rarity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | would · passive |  | the rarities |  | the palace |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by all people | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He loved strange gifts a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t12:o2:1
# text = He loved strange gifts a lot
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | He | strange gifts |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to see which son would bring the rarest and most useful gift to his court

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t12:o3:1
# text = He wanted to see which son would bring the rarest and most useful gift to his court
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
10	rarest	rare	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
14	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bring** | would | which son | the rarest gift |  | son's court |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to court=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was dead curious about rarities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t12:o4:1
# text = He was dead curious about rarities
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rarities	rarity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about rarities; curious *property* | tree rules |

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