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title: Like, what happened to the two posh princes at the altar? — Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Like, what happened to the two posh princes at the altar? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

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Like, what happened to the two posh princes at the altar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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/1293-pg3454-part18/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t5:1
# text = Like, what happened to the two posh princes at the altar?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the two posh princes at the altar | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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They tumbled through a trapdoor below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t5:o1:1
# text = They tumbled through a trapdoor below
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tumbled	tumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tumble** | past | They |  |  | a trapdoor |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through trapdoor=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They fell through the floor into the vaults beneath the castle, never seen again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t5:o2:1
# text = They fell through the floor into the vaults beneath the castle, never seen again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vaults	vault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | They |  |  | the floor |  | into the vaults; beneath the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through floor=Initial\_Location into vault=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **see** | participle |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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They fell through the floor into the vaults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t5:o3:1
# text = They fell through the floor into the vaults
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vaults	vault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | They |  |  | the floor |  | into the vaults | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through floor=Initial\_Location into vault=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were struck by the king's guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t5:o4:1
# text = They were struck by the king's guards
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past · passive | the king's guards | They |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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