--- title: which drums are we even talking about? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics description: which drums are we even talking about? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz… which drums are we even talking about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** drums · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t5:1 # text = which drums are we even talking about? 1 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which drums | | | | | talk *property* | 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} Two silver drums in a blue tent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t5:o1:1 # text = Two silver drums in a blue tent 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two small drums ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t5:o2:1 # text = Two small drums 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Two jewelled drums in a crimson tent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t5:o3:1 # text = Two jewelled drums in a crimson tent 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jewelled jewell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 crimson crimson NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jewell** | past | Two | drums | | a crimson tent | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Two brass gongs in a striped tent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t5:o4:1 # text = Two brass gongs in a striped tent 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 gongs gong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 striped striped ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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