--- title: bro, what even happened to the old king's sons? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, what even happened to the old king's sons? Test 1 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz… bro, what even happened to the old king's sons? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** happen This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t1:1 # text = bro, what even happened to the old king's sons? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | bro | | | | | to the old king's sons | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Each one tried the riddle and was put to death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t1:o1:1 # text = Each one tried the riddle and was put to death 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | each one | the riddle | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Eventuality | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | each one *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} They rode off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t1:o2:1 # text = They rode off 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | past | They | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They went out to fight the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t1:o3:1 # text = They went out to fight the king 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | They | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They all went for the princess and lost their heads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t1:o4:1 # text = They all went for the princess and lost their heads 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | They | | | | | for the princess | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for princess=Beneficiary | | 2 | **lose** | past | They *not said here* | their heads | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | **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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