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title: What was the purpose of the golden balls which the Sultan presented… — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the golden balls which the Sultan presented to Prince Bahman? Exam question 4 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 4 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother…

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What was the purpose of the golden balls which the Sultan presented to Prince Bahman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, Sultan, golden balls · **What happens:** be, present, purpose · **To what, where:** golden balls, Prince

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e4:1
# text = What was the purpose of the golden balls which the Sultan presented to Prince Bahman?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of the golden balls |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | past | the Sultan | the golden balls | Prince |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to prince=Recipient |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the golden balls |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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to serve as a token of his favour and a reminder of the request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e4:o1:1
# text = to serve as a token of his favour and a reminder of the request
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a token of his favour and a reminder of the request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as token=Attribute |
| 2 | **favour** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **remind** |  |  | the request |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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to serve as a reminder of his request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e4:o2:1
# text = to serve as a reminder of his request
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a reminder of his request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute |
| 2 | **remind** |  |  | his request |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **request** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to serve as a reminder of his request to find the Golden Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e4:o3:1
# text = to serve as a reminder of his request to find the Golden Water
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a reminder of his request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the Golden Water |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic |
| 3 | **remind** |  |  | his request |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **request** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to mark the start of a hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:e4:o4:1
# text = to mark the start of a hunt
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mark	mark	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | the start of a hunt |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | a hunt |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=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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