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title: Which entity advised the princes concerning the Sultan's proposal? — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which entity advised the princes concerning the Sultan's proposal? Exam question 1 of lesson 232 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan is invited to the princess's house, and she plans a feast with pearl-stuffed cucumbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan…

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Which entity advised the princes concerning the Sultan's proposal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** entity, princes, Sultan · **What happens:** advise, concern, propose · **To what, where:** princes, proposal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 232 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan is invited to the princess's house, and she plans a feast with pearl-stuffed cucumbers» 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/232-pg128-part72/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e1:1
# text = Which entity advised the princes concerning the Sultan's proposal?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	advised	advise	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	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | which entity |  | the princes |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the princes *not said here* | the Sultan's proposal |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus proposal=Experiencer |
| 3 | **propose** |  | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The vizir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e1:o1:1
# text = The vizir
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sultan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e1:o2:1
# text = The Sultan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Talking Bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e1:o3:1
# text = The Talking Bird
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Talking	Talking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Grand Vizir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e1:o4:1
# text = The Grand Vizir
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Vizir	Vizir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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