Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother…
What was the purpose of the golden balls which the Sultan presented to Prince Bahman?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, Sultan, golden balls · What happens: be, present, purpose · To what, where: golden balls, Prince
This is exam question 4 of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 purpose | det |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 balls | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 balls | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 balls | amod |
| 8 | balls | ball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 purpose | nmod |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 presented | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Sultan | det |
| 11 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 presented | nsubj |
| 12 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 balls | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Prince | case |
| 14 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 presented | obl |
| 15 | Bahman | Bahman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Prince | flat |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the purpose of the golden balls | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | present | past | the Sultan | the golden balls | Prince | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to prince=Recipient | |||
| 3 | purpose | the golden balls | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice
to serve as a token of his favour and a reminder of the request
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 serve | mark |
| 2 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 token | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 token | det |
| 5 | token | token | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serve | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 favour | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 favour | nmod:poss |
| 8 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 token | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 reminder | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 reminder | det |
| 11 | reminder | reminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 token | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 request | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 request | det |
| 14 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reminder | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | to-infinitive | as a token of his favour and a reminder of the request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as token=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | favour | his = he | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | remind | the request | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
to serve as a reminder of his request
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 serve | mark |
| 2 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 reminder | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reminder | det |
| 5 | reminder | reminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serve | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 request | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 request | nmod:poss |
| 8 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reminder | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | to-infinitive | as a reminder of his request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | remind | his request | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | request | his = he | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
to serve as a reminder of his request to find the Golden Water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 serve | mark |
| 2 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 reminder | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reminder | det |
| 5 | reminder | reminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serve | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 request | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 request | nmod:poss |
| 8 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reminder | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 find | mark |
| 10 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 serve | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Water | det |
| 12 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Water | amod |
| 13 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | to-infinitive | as a reminder of his request | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | the Golden Water | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | |||||
| 3 | remind | his request | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | request | his = he | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
to mark the start of a hunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 mark | mark |
| 2 | mark | mark | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 start | det |
| 4 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mark | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hunt | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hunt | det |
| 7 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 start | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | to-infinitive | the start of a hunt | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination | |||||
| 2 | start | a hunt | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |
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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