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title: Okay but where did the Sultan think the singers were hiding? — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay but where did the Sultan think the singers were hiding? Test 7 · ★ 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 dependency t
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# Test 7 · ★ · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 72: the Sultan…

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Okay but where did the Sultan think the singers were hiding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan, singers · **What happens:** think, hide · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:t7:1
# text = Okay but where did the Sultan think the singers were hiding?
1	Okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
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	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past · progressive | the singers |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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Who was playing the lute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:t7:o1:1
# text = Who was playing the lute
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lute	lute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past · progressive |  | the lute |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lute=Theme |

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

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Where the musicians were hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:t7:o2:1
# text = Where the musicians were hidden
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the musicians |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Where the musicians were hidden behind the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:t7:o3:1
# text = Where the musicians were hidden behind the wall
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the musicians |  | the wall |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind wall=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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How the hidden musicians could sing so sweetly together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:232-pg128-part72:t7:o4:1
# text = How the hidden musicians could sing so sweetly together
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | could | the hidden musicians |  |  |  |  | sweetly, together *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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