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description: Describe the relationship between the Simurgh and the prince at the conclusion of the passage. Exam question 4 of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

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Describe the relationship between the Simurgh and the prince at the conclusion of the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, conclude · **To what, where:** relationship, conclusion, passage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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/1206-pg3282-part7/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:e4:1
# text = Describe the relationship between the Simurgh and the prince at the conclusion of the passage.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the relationship and the prince |  | the conclusion of the passage |  | between the Simurgh | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the passage |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The Simurgh treats him as a guest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = The Simurgh treats him as a guest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	treats	treat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | the Simurgh | him *= he* |  |  |  | as a guest | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as guest=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Simurgh sees him as a friend and grants him shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = The Simurgh sees him as a friend and grants him shelter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grants	grant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the Simurgh | him *= he* |  |  |  | as a friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus as friend=Attribute |
| 2 | **grant** | present | the Simurgh *not said here* | shelter | Simurgh |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal shelter=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Simurgh regards him as its own child and offers him protection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = The Simurgh regards him as its own child and offers him protection
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	regards	regard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | present | the Simurgh | him *= he* |  |  |  | as Simurgh's own child | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent he=Theme as child=Value |
| 2 | **offer** | present | the Simurgh *not said here* | protection | child |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal protection=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Simurgh fears him and keeps him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = The Simurgh fears him and keeps him away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | the Simurgh | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep away** | present | the Simurgh *not said here* | Simurgh |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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