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title: Which quality did the Sultan of Persia express in regard to the two… — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which quality did the Sultan of Persia express in regard to the two princes upon their meeting? Exam question 2 of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother…

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Which quality did the Sultan of Persia express in regard to the two princes upon their meeting?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» 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/231-pg128-part71/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e2:1
# text = Which quality did the Sultan of Persia express in regard to the two princes upon their meeting?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	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	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	express	express	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which quality | the Sultan of Persia express |  | regard to the two princes upon princes's meeting |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Eventuality |

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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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admiration for their courage and manners and their wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e2:o1:1
# text = admiration for their courage and manners and their wealth
1	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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esteem for their courage and manners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e2:o2:1
# text = esteem for their courage and manners
1	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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esteem for their courage, manners, and loyalty to their sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e2:o3:1
# text = esteem for their courage, manners, and loyalty to their sister
1	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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regret over their long journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e2:o4:1
# text = regret over their long journey
1	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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