Exam question 2 · Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the…

By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would have seized his steed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: dispatch, seize · To what, where: negro

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1205 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the negro guards and reaches the Simurgh's garden» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 dispatch	obl
3	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dispatch	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 did	advmod
8	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 negro	det
10	negro	negro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dispatch	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 seized	nsubj:pass
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 seized	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seized	aux
14	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 negro	acl:relcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 steed	nmod:poss
16	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seized	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 dispatch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past · do-support		the negro					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent negro=Patient
2	seize	would · perfect · passive		the negro					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 · ✓ the right answer

the Scorpion of Solomon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scorpion	det
2	Scorpion	Scorpion	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Solomon	case
4	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Scorpion	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

the dagger of Timus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Timus	case
4	Timus	Timus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dagger	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

the club of Chil-maq

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 club	det
2	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 maq	case
4	Chil	Chil	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 maq	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Chil	punct
6	maq	maq	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 club	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

the fire-steel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 steel	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steel	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 fire	punct
4	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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