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title: Who did the prince make mates with in the city? — Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Si… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the prince make mates with in the city? Test 8 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

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Who did the prince make mates with in the city?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, make · **To what, where:** mates

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t8:1
# text = Who did the prince make mates with in the city?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | the prince | mates |  |  |  | with the city | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A young spice-seller, a proper good bloke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t8:o1:1
# text = A young spice-seller, a proper good bloke
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	seller	seller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The son of the king's cook, a clever lad who knew all the riddles, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t8:o2:1
# text = The son of the king's cook, a clever lad who knew all the riddles, mate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	riddles	riddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | a clever lad | all riddles |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer riddle=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A young cloth-merchant, a proper good bloke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t8:o3:1
# text = A young cloth-merchant, a proper good bloke
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old scholar, a decent sort, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t8:o4:1
# text = An old scholar, a decent sort, innit
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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