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title: Okay, what was the one thing Blue Beard said NOT to open? — Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, what was the one thing Blue Beard said NOT to open? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl'…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Okay, what was the one thing Blue Beard said NOT to open?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Blue Beard · **What happens:** be, say, not open · **To what, where:** one thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» 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/1079-pg29021-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t7:1
# text = Okay, what was the one thing Blue Beard said NOT to open?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Beard	Beard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the one thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Blue Beard | the one thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **open** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
The tall cabinet by the gallery window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = The tall cabinet by the gallery window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cabinet	cabinet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every room on the top floor, especially the one with the big painting of his dead father and the locked trunk

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = Every room on the top floor, especially the one with the big painting of his dead father and the locked trunk
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little closet at the end of the gallery, though he said the key to the chapel was okay to use

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = The little closet at the end of the gallery, though he said the key to the chapel was okay to use
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	closet	closet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chapel	chapel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	ccomp	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little closet at the end of the gallery |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the key to the chapel |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | the key to the chapel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little closet at the end of the gallery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = The little closet at the end of the gallery
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	closet	closet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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