--- title: Which son was the final survivor, and by what manner did he proceed… — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which son was the final survivor, and by what manner did he proceed to the city? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz… Which son was the final survivor, and by what manner did he proceed to the city? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** son, manner · **What happens:** be, proceed · **To what, where:** final survivor This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e4:1 # text = Which son was the final survivor, and by what manner did he proceed to the city? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 survivor survivor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 11 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | which son | the final survivor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **proceed** | past · do-support | manner | the final survivor | | | | to the city | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Saman, with the army ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e4:o1:1 # text = Saman, with the army 1 Saman Saman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Almas-ruh-bakhsh, alone and without a following ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e4:o2:1 # text = Almas-ruh-bakhsh, alone and without a following 1 Almas alma NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ruh ruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bakhsh bakhsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Almas-ruh-bakhsh, with his brothers in tow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e4:o3:1 # text = Almas-ruh-bakhsh, with his brothers in tow 1 Almas alma NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ruh ruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bakhsh bakhsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 tow tow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Tahmasp-ruh-bakhsh, alone and on horseback ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:e4:o4:1 # text = Tahmasp-ruh-bakhsh, alone and on horseback 1 Tahmasp Tahmasp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ruh ruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bakhsh bakhsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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