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title: At what location did the foolish king conceal the magic objects that… — Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what location did the foolish king conceal the magic objects that the founder had preserved? Exam question 3 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

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At what location did the foolish king conceal the magic objects that the founder had preserved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foolish king, magic · **What happens:** conceal, object, preserve · **To what, where:** founder

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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/1168-pg3027-part34/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e3:1
# text = At what location did the foolish king conceal the magic objects that the founder had preserved?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obl	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	objects	object	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	founder	founder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the foolish king |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at what=Location |
| 2 | **object** *speech: other* | present | the magic |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **preserve** | past · perfect · passive |  | the founder |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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a dark and damp cellar deep beneath the palace, far from any visitors or servants

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e3:o1:1
# text = a dark and damp cellar deep beneath the palace, far from any visitors or servants
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	cellar	cellar	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cellar** | present | dark |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a dark room beneath the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e3:o2:1
# text = a dark room beneath the tower
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a dark and damp cellar beneath the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e3:o3:1
# text = a dark and damp cellar beneath the palace
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a damp hall beside the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e3:o4:1
# text = a damp hall beside the gate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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