--- title: Upon what day did the Sultan undertake to attend the princess's resi… — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what day did the Sultan undertake to attend the princess's residence? Exam question 2 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, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/232-pg128-part72/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/232-pg128-part72/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan… Upon what day did the Sultan undertake to attend the princess's residence? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** undertake, attend · **To what, where:** residence This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e2:1 # text = Upon what day did the Sultan undertake to attend the princess's residence? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | the Sultan | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | the princess's residence | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme residence=Goal | 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} Next week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e2:o1:1 # text = Next week 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two days from now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e2:o2:1 # text = Two days from now 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Within the week's end ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e2:o3:1 # text = Within the week's end 1 Within within ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The day after to-morrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e2:o4:1 # text = The day after to-morrow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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