--- title: wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz… wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** riddle This is test 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t3:1 # text = wait, what's the riddle, like, exactly? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 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 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 like like INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | exactly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the riddle | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} What did the rose whisper to the cypress at dawn in the garden? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t3:o1:1 # text = What did the rose whisper to the cypress at dawn in the garden? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the rose whisper | | the garden | dawn | to the cypress | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whisper=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} What did the rose do to the cypress? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t3:o2:1 # text = What did the rose do to the cypress? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the rose | | | | | to the cypress | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Why did the moon bow to the willow? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t3:o3:1 # text = Why did the moon bow to the willow? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the moon bow | | | | to the willow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} What did the nightingale sing about the rose and the cypress tree? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t3:o4:1 # text = What did the nightingale sing about the rose and the cypress tree? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 sing s VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the nightingale | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightingale=Eventuality | | 2 | **s** | gerund | the nightingale *not said here* | | | | | about the rose and the cypress tree | tree rules | **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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