Exam question 1 · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

Which individual was designated as the narrator of the lamentation concerning the seven sons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lamentation · What happens: designate, concern · To what, where: individual, seven sons

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1201 «Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz, part 2: Tahmasp rides to the riddle city and loses his head, and his brother follows him» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux:pass
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 narrator	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lamentation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lamentation	det
10	lamentation	lamentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 narrator	nmod
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 lamentation	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sons	det
13	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 sons	nummod
14	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive		which individual				as the narrator of the lamentation	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as narrator=Attribute
2	concern	gerund	the lamentation not said here	the seven sons					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus son=Experiencer

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The aged monarch residing in the distant city beyond the mountains of the east

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monarch	det
2	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monarch	amod
3	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 monarch	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 city	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
7	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 city	amod
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 residing	obl
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountains	det
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 residing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 east	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 east	det
14	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mountains	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	gerund	the aged monarch not said here			the distant city		beyond the mountains of the east	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location

Option 2

The wandering poet of the eastern city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 poet	det
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 poet	amod
3	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 city	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
6	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The aged monarch residing in the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monarch	det
2	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monarch	amod
3	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 monarch	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 desert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 residing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	gerund	the aged monarch not said here			the desert			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location

Option 4

The aged monarch residing in the desert and mourning his sons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monarch	det
2	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monarch	amod
3	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 monarch	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 desert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 residing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mourning	cc
9	mourning	mourn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 residing	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sons	nmod:poss
11	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mourning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	gerund	the aged monarch not said here			the desert			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location
2	mourn	gerund	the aged monarch not said here	his sons					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus

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