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title: how'd Chil-maq go down, did the Scorpion get him? — Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd Chil-maq go down, did the Scorpion get him? Test 4 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 4 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas, part 6: the prince kills the…

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how'd Chil-maq go down, did the Scorpion get him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Chil maq, Scorpion · **What happens:** go down, get · **To what, where:** maq

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This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:t4:1
# text = how'd Chil-maq go down, did the Scorpion get him?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
3	Chil	Chil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	maq	maq	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Scorpion	Scorpion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | infinitive | Chil maq |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **get** | past · do-support | the Scorpion | maq |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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an arrow from a bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:t4:o1:1
# text = an arrow from a bow
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Scorpion of Solomon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:t4:o2:1
# 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	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a stone from a tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:t4:o3:1
# text = a stone from a tower
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the dagger of Timus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1205-pg3282-part6:t4:o4:1
# 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	_	_
```

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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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