Test 1 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…
bro, what even happened to the old king's sons?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: happen
This is test 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. 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 sons | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 king | amod |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sons | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| 11 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 happened | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | bro | to the old king's sons | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Each one tried the riddle and was put to death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tried | nsubj |
| 3 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 riddle | det |
| 5 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tried | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 put | cc |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 put | aux:pass |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tried | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 death | case |
| 10 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | each one | the riddle | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | put | past · passive | each one not said here | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» |
Option 2
They rode off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 rode | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | past | They | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They went out to fight the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 fight | mark |
| 5 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 went | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past | They | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | They not said here | the king | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They all went for the princess and lost their heads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 princess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lost | cc |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 heads | nmod:poss |
| 10 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | They | for the princess | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for princess=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | They not said here | their heads | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
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