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title: Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah? Which tower? — Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah? Which tower? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-princ…

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Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah? Which tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tower

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» 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/1229-pg3282-part30/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:1
# text = Her dad was gonna lock her in a tower, yeah?
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
5	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Her dad |  |  | a tower |  | lock *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which tower?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:2
# text = Which tower?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A tall stone tower at the far edge of the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:o1:1
# text = A tall stone tower at the far edge of the forest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A distant lodge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:o2:1
# text = A distant lodge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A lonely tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:o3:1
# text = A lonely tower
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The east wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:t5:o4:1
# text = The east wing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	east	east	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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