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description: Which action did the Sultan Kosrouschah undertake after his father's interment? Exam question 1 of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist…

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Which action did the Sultan Kosrouschah undertake after his father's interment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, father · **What happens:** undertake, inter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» 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/227-pg128-part67/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e1:1
# text = Which action did the Sultan Kosrouschah undertake after his father's interment?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Kosrouschah	Kosrouschah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	interment	interment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  | after Kosrouschah's father's interment |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inter** |  | Kosrouschah's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom interment «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He departed the palace in plain attire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e1:o1:1
# text = He departed the palace in plain attire
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departed	depart	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	attire	attire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | He | the palace |  | plain attire |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He travelled north to the border

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e1:o2:1
# text = He travelled north to the border
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	north	north	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | He |  |  | the border |  | north *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to border=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He stayed inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e1:o3:1
# text = He stayed inside
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He ordered a grand feast in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e1:o4:1
# text = He ordered a grand feast in the hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He | a grand feast |  | the hall |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |

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