Test 6 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…
so what did the prince say for his answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: say, answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 say | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 answer | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 answer | nmod:poss |
| 9 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the prince | for prince's answer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 2 | answer | prince | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
A song of the rose's beauty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 song | det |
| 2 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 beauty | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rose | det |
| 5 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 rose | case |
| 7 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 song | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing | the rose's beauty | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A verse about the Omnipotent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 verse | det |
| 2 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 Omnipotent | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Omnipotent | det |
| 5 | Omnipotent | omnipotent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 verse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A verse about the king's garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 verse | det |
| 2 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 garden | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 garden | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 verse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A long verse praising the Omnipotent and the rose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 verse | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 verse | amod |
| 3 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | praising | praise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 verse | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Omnipotent | det |
| 6 | Omnipotent | omnipotent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 praising | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 rose | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rose | det |
| 9 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Omnipotent | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | gerund | a long verse not said here | the Omnipotent and the rose | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omnipotent=Theme |
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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