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title: how many camels did the prince bring with him? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: how many camels did the prince bring with him? Test 12 · ★ 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 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

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how many camels did the prince bring with him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many camels · **What happens:** bring

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t12:1
# text = how many camels did the prince bring with him?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | many camels |  |  |  |  | with prince | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: 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 {#o1}

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A long string of two-humped camels laden with gold and silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t12:o1:1
# text = A long string of two-humped camels laden with gold and silk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	humped	hump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	laden	laden	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hump** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laden** | present | a long string of two humped camels |  |  |  |  | with gold and silk | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two camels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t12:o2:1
# text = Two camels
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A string of two-humped camels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t12:o3:1
# text = A string of two-humped camels
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	humped	hump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hump** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A caravan of silver-laden horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t12:o4:1
# text = A caravan of silver-laden horses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lade** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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