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title: To what did Prince Bahman attribute the princes' refusal of the Sult… — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what did Prince Bahman attribute the princes' refusal of the Sultan's invitation? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother…

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To what did Prince Bahman attribute the princes' refusal of the Sultan's invitation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bahman, princes, Sultan · **What happens:** attribute, refuse, invite · **To what, where:** refusal, invitation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e3:1
# text = To what did Prince Bahman attribute the princes' refusal of the Sultan's invitation?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | past · do-support | Bahman  Prince | the princes's refusal of the Sultan's invitation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** |  | the princes | the Sultan's invitation |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 3 | **invite** |  | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | nom invitation «communication 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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their hunger after the long hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e3:o1:1
# text = their hunger after the long hunt
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunger** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  | after the long hunt |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent after=obl |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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their obligation to consult their sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e3:o2:1
# text = their obligation to consult their sister
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | to-infinitive |  | their sister |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme |
| 2 | **obligate** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom obligation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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their duty to ask the sultan's advice first and their fear of the jinn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e3:o3:1
# text = their duty to ask the sultan's advice first and their fear of the jinn
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	jinn	jinn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | their duty | the sultan's advice |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient |
| 2 | **fear** |  | their *= they* | the jinn |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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their wish to stay with the bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e3:o4:1
# text = their wish to stay with the bear
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive | their wish |  |  |  |  | with the bear | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with bear=Location |
| 2 | **wish** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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