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title: Which side was that iron door, north or what? — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which side was that iron door, north or what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t…

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Which side was that iron door, north or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** side · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** iron door

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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/1247-pg3282-part48/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t7:1
# text = Which side was that iron door, north or what?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	north	north	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which side | iron door |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The north side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t7:o1:1
# text = The north side
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The side that faces the rising sun every morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t7:o2:1
# text = The side that faces the rising sun every morning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	faces	face	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present | the side | the rising sun |  |  | morning |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Destination |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The side facing the big lake and the mountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t7:o3:1
# text = The side facing the big lake and the mountain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund | the side *not said here* | the big lake and the mountain |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lake=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The south side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t7:o4:1
# text = The south side
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	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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