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title: What did the fairies carry at the gates, fam? — Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the fairies carry at the gates, fam? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

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What did the fairies carry at the gates, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fairies · **What happens:** do, carry · **To what, where:** gates

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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/1170-pg3027-part36/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:t11:1
# text = What did the fairies carry at the gates, fam?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	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 | **carry** | present | the fairies |  |  | the gates and fam |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Flowers made of precious stones, held high on silver poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:t11:o1:1
# text = Flowers made of precious stones, held high on silver poles
1	Flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Flowers *not said here* |  |  |  | of precious stones | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | Flowers |  | silver poles |  | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on pole=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swords cast from silver steel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:t11:o2:1
# text = Swords cast from silver steel
1	Swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cast	cast	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | present | Swords |  |  | silver steel |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from steel=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lamps made of glowing crystal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:t11:o3:1
# text = Lamps made of glowing crystal
1	Lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Lamps *not said here* |  |  |  | of glowing crystal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Flowers made of precious stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:t11:o4:1
# text = Flowers made of precious stones
1	Flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Flowers *not said here* |  |  |  | of precious stones | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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