Test 3 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: riddle

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 riddle	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 riddle	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 riddle	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 riddle	det
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 exactly	punct
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					exactly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the riddle					tree rules

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

What did the rose whisper to the cypress at dawn in the garden?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 whisper	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whisper	compound
5	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cypress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cypress	det
8	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 garden	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 garden	det
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the rose whisper		the garden	dawn	to the cypress	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whisper=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

What did the rose do to the cypress?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rose	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cypress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cypress	det
8	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the rose					to the cypress	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 3

Why did the moon bow to the willow?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bow	det
4	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bow	compound
5	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 willow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 willow	det
8	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the moon bow				to the willow	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Eventuality

Option 4

What did the nightingale sing about the rose and the cypress tree?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nightingale	det
4	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	sing	s	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 nightingale	acl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 rose	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rose	det
8	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tree	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	compound
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rose	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the nightingale					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightingale=Eventuality
2	s	gerund	the nightingale not said here					about the rose and the cypress tree	tree rules

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