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title: Bro, what was actually in that forbidden closet, like, the real stuff? — Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what was actually in that forbidden closet, like, the real stuff? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl'…

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Bro, what was actually in that forbidden closet, like, the real stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** forbid, be · **To what, where:** forbidden closet

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t8:1
# text = Bro, what was actually in that forbidden closet, like, the real stuff?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	closet	closet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **is** | past | Bro and the real stuff |  |  | that forbidden closet |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

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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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Dead rats and some old gold, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t8:o1:1
# text = Dead rats and some old gold, bro
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clotted blood and dead wives, yikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t8:o2:1
# text = Clotted blood and dead wives, yikes
1	Clotted	clot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	yikes	yike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Like clotted blood and dead wives hanging on the walls, all dead and gross, bro, you really don't want to know

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t8:o3:1
# text = Like clotted blood and dead wives hanging on the walls, all dead and gross, bro, you really don't want to know
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	clotted	clot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
20	really	really	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | dead wives *not said here* |  |  | the walls |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location |
| 3 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Piles of gold and some old stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t8:o4:1
# text = Piles of gold and some old stuff
1	Piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	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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