Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

Describe the relationship between the Simurgh and the prince at the conclusion of the passage.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, conclude · To what, where: relationship, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 relationship	det
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 Simurgh	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Simurgh	det
6	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 prince	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 conclusion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 conclusion	det
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conclusion	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the relationship and the prince		the conclusion of the passage		between the Simurgh	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme
2	conclude			the passage					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The Simurgh treats him as a guest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Simurgh	det
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 treats	nsubj
3	treats	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treats	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 guest	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 guest	det
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present	the Simurgh	him = he				as a guest	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as guest=Attribute

Option 2

The Simurgh sees him as a friend and grants him shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Simurgh	det
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sees	nsubj
3	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sees	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 grants	cc
9	grants	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sees	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grants	obj
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the Simurgh	him = he				as a friend	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus as friend=Attribute
2	grant	present	the Simurgh not said here	shelter	Simurgh				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal shelter=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Simurgh regards him as its own child and offers him protection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Simurgh	det
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 regards	nsubj
3	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regards	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 child	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regards	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 offers	cc
10	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regards	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 offers	iobj
12	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	the Simurgh	him = he				as Simurgh's own child	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent he=Theme as child=Value
2	offer	present	the Simurgh not said here	protection	child				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal protection=Theme

Option 4

The Simurgh fears him and keeps him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Simurgh	det
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fears	nsubj
3	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fears	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keeps	cc
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fears	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeps	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 keeps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	the Simurgh	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	keep away	present	the Simurgh not said here	Simurgh				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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