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title: Identify the object which Prince Bahman entrusted to his sister as a… — Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which Prince Bahman entrusted to his sister as a sign of his survival. Exam question 1 of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

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Identify the object which Prince Bahman entrusted to his sister as a sign of his survival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Prince · **What happens:** identify, entrust, sign, survive · **To what, where:** object, sister, survival

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» 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/229-pg128-part69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:e1:1
# text = Identify the object which Prince Bahman entrusted to his sister as a sign of his survival.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **entrust** | past | Prince | the object | Prince's sister |  |  | as a sign of Prince's survival | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to sister=Recipient |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | Prince's survival |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **survive** |  | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom survival «state 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 {#o1}

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a letter sealed with wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:e1:o1:1
# text = a letter sealed with wax
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  | a letter *not said here* |  |  |  | with wax | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a sharp knife drawn from the belt he wore at his side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:e1:o2:1
# text = a sharp knife drawn from the belt he wore at his side
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a sharp knife *not said here* |  |  |  | from the belt | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from belt=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **wear** | past | a sharp knife |  |  | his side |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at side=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a dagger taken from his sash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:e1:o3:1
# text = a dagger taken from his sash
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sash	sash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a dagger *not said here* |  | his sash |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from sash=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a knife drawn from his belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:e1:o4:1
# text = a knife drawn from his belt
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a knife *not said here* |  |  |  | from his belt | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from belt=Co-Patient |

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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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