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title: Mad, the queen went on about her husband's chariot. Where was it? — Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mad, the queen went on about her husband's chariot. Where was it? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…

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Mad, the queen went on about her husband's chariot. Where was it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mad queen, chariot · **What happens:** go on, be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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/1179-pg3027-part45/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mad, the queen went on about her husband's chariot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:1
# text = Mad, the queen went on about her husband's chariot.
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | the Mad queen |  |  |  |  | about queen's husband's chariot | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about chariot=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Where was it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:2
# text = Where was it?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | chariot |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sunk at the bottom of the quicksilver lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:o1:1
# text = Sunk at the bottom of the quicksilver lake
1	Sunk	Sunk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Lying in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:o2:1
# text = Lying in the wood
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hidden by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:o3:1
# text = Hidden by the river
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Broken near the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t12:o4:1
# text = Broken near the gate
1	Broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	near	near	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near gate=Location |

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