--- title: At what location does Wali Dâd attempt to end his own life? — Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics description: At what location does Wali Dâd attempt to end his own life? Exam question 3 of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1257-pg3282-part58/e3/) [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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1257-pg3282-part58/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o… At what location does Wali Dâd attempt to end his own life? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location · **What happens:** do, end · **To what, where:** Wali attempt, own life This is exam question 3 of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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/1257-pg3282-part58/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:e3:1 # text = At what location does Wali Dâd attempt to end his own life? 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | location | Wali attempt | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality | | 2 | **end** | to-infinitive | location *not said here* | location's own life | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality | 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} At the stream beside tall rocky hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:e3:o1:1 # text = At the stream beside tall rocky hills 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, at the edge of the jungle near the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:e3:o2:1 # text = At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, at the edge of the jungle near the palace 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 near near ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, where he stands and then turns back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:e3:o3:1 # text = At the river beside steep rocky cliffs, where he stands and then turns back 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | he | | | the river beside steep rocky cliffs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at river=Location | | 2 | **turn back** | present | he *not said here* | | | | then | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} At the river beside steep rocky cliffs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:e3:o4:1 # text = At the river beside steep rocky cliffs 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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