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title: so what did the prince say for his answer? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the prince say for his answer? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragm
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# Test 6 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz…

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so what did the prince say for his answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** say, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t6:1
# text = so what did the prince say for his answer?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  | for prince's answer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **answer** |  | prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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 song of the rose's beauty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t6:o1:1
# text = A song of the rose's beauty
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** |  | the rose's beauty |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A verse about the Omnipotent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t6:o2:1
# text = A verse about the Omnipotent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Omnipotent	omnipotent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A verse about the king's garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t6:o3:1
# text = A verse about the king's garden
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long verse praising the Omnipotent and the rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t6:o4:1
# text = A long verse praising the Omnipotent and the rose
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	praising	praise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Omnipotent	omnipotent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | gerund | a long verse *not said here* | the Omnipotent and the rose |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omnipotent=Theme |

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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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