--- title: By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would… — Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: t… · tree and pragmatics description: By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would have seized his steed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1205 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the negro guards and reaches the Simurgh's garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/e2/) [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 Almas, part 6: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1205-pg3282-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the… By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would have seized his steed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** dispatch, seize · **To what, where:** negro This is exam question 2 of lesson 1205 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the negro guards and reaches the Simurgh's garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1205-pg3282-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:e2:1 # text = By what instrument did the prince first dispatch the negro who would have seized his steed? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 8 dispatch dispatch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux _ _ 14 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dispatch** | past · do-support | | the negro | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent negro=Patient | | 2 | **seize** | would · perfect · passive | | the negro | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the Scorpion of Solomon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = the Scorpion of Solomon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Scorpion Scorpion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the dagger of Timus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = the dagger of Timus 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Timus Timus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the club of Chil-maq ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = the club of Chil-maq 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Chil Chil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 maq maq NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the fire-steel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = the fire-steel 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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