--- title: What sentence did the vizir successfully petition for on behalf of t… — Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,… · tree and pragmatics description: What sentence did the vizir successfully petition for on behalf of the Sultana? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/227-pg128-part67/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist… What sentence did the vizir successfully petition for on behalf of the Sultana? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sentence · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** vizir This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e4:1 # text = What sentence did the vizir successfully petition for on behalf of the Sultana? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sultana Sultana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | sentence | the vizir petition | | | | for behalf of the Sultana | tree rules | 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} permanent exile from the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e4:o1:1 # text = permanent exile from the court 1 permanent permanent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} banishment from the royal presence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e4:o2:1 # text = banishment from the royal presence 1 banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} imprisonment in the old tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e4:o3:1 # text = imprisonment in the old tower 1 imprisonment imprisonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} banishment from the royal presence and loss of all her wealth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:227-pg128-part67:e4:o4:1 # text = banishment from the royal presence and loss of all her wealth 1 banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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