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title: Upon what structure were the heads of the rejected suitors publicly… — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what structure were the heads of the rejected suitors publicly displayed? Exam question 3 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 s
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# Exam question 3 · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

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Upon what structure were the heads of the rejected suitors publicly displayed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** structure · **What happens:** be, reject, display · **To what, where:** heads

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This is exam question 3 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, 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1201-pg3282-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e3:1
# text = Upon what structure were the heads of the rejected suitors publicly displayed?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | structure | the heads |  |  |  | of the rejected suitors | tree rules |
| 2 | **reject** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **display** | participle | structure *not said here* |  |  |  |  | publicly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The battlements of the citadel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = The battlements of the citadel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	battlements	battlement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	citadel	citadel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The walls of the eastern palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = The walls of the eastern palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The roof of the royal stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = The roof of the royal stables
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The city gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = The city gate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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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