Test 10 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

Did he finally get the answer from the merchant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, get · To what, where: answer, merchant

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 merchant	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 merchant	det
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	he	the answer		the merchant		finally property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent answer=Theme from merchant=Source

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

Yeah, the merchant whispered it to him in the market, but it was wrong, so he had to ask the king

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whispered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whispered	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merchant	det
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	nsubj
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whispered	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whispered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 market	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 market	det
11	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wrong	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 wrong	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wrong	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wrong	cop
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 whispered	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 had	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 had	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 whispered	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 ask	mark
22	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 had	xcomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 king	det
24	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	the merchant	it	him = he	the market		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient
2	is	past	merchant				wrong property	tree rules
3	have	past	he					tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	he not said here		the king			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the merchant refused to say and he had to go all the way to the king's palace and ask him

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merchant	det
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	nsubj
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl:unmarked
16	to	to	ADP	_	20 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 palace	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 king	case
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 ask	cc
22	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 go	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	refuse	past	the merchant				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the merchant not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	have	past	merchant				tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	merchant not said here	all way		the king's palace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location
5	ask speech: ask	infinitive	merchant not said here		merchant		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, he had to ask the old wizard, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ask	mark
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wizard	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wizard	amod
9	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wizard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he						tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	he not said here		the old wizard and innit				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wizard=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he had to go to the king and ask him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ask	cc
11	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	he			tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	he not said here		to the king	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	he not said here	king		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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