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title: Which phenomenon did the Sultan observe in the garden before the Sin… — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phenomenon did the Sultan observe in the garden before the Singing Tree? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan…

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Which phenomenon did the Sultan observe in the garden before the Singing Tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phenomenon, Sultan · **What happens:** do, observe · **To what, where:** garden

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e4:1
# text = Which phenomenon did the Sultan observe in the garden before the Singing Tree?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phenomenon	phenomenon	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	6	nsubj	_	_
6	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Singing	Singing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which phenomenon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **observe** | present | the Sultan |  |  | the garden | before the Singing Tree |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Golden Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e4:o1:1
# text = The Golden Water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	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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A marble statue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e4:o2:1
# text = A marble statue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e4:o3:1
# text = The roses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:e4:o4:1
# text = A fountain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	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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