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title: so who's the girl with the crazy riddle? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who's the girl with the crazy riddle? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 2 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

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so who's the girl with the crazy riddle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** girl

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t2:1
# text = so who's the girl with the crazy riddle?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the girl |  |  |  | with the crazy riddle | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Princess Mihr-afruz

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = Princess Mihr-afruz
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	Mihr	Mihr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	afruz	afruz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The princess who is the daughter of King Quimus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = The princess who is the daughter of King Quimus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Quimus	Quimus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the princess | the daughter |  |  |  | of King Quimus | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The princess who sits in the tower with her riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = The princess who sits in the tower with her riddle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | the princess |  |  | the tower |  | with princess's riddle | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |
| 2 | **riddle** |  | princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = The queen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	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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