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title: Was the bundle actually a whole castle, or was it a bit of a bluff? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the bundle actually a whole castle, or was it a bit of a bluff? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero…

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Was the bundle actually a whole castle, or was it a bit of a bluff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** castle · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bundle, bit

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» 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/1321-pg3454-part46/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t6:1
# text = Was the bundle actually a whole castle, or was it a bit of a bluff?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bluff	bluff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the bundle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | castle | a bit |  |  |  | of a bluff | 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 {#o1}

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A full castle with towers, gardens and a great orchard surrounded by walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t6:o1:1
# text = A full castle with towers, gardens and a great orchard surrounded by walls
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | participle |  | a great orchard *not said here* |  |  |  | by walls | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing but a tiny model castle with a painted orchard on the lid of the bundle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing but a tiny model castle with a painted orchard on the lid of the bundle
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small wooden chest of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t6:o3:1
# text = A small wooden chest of gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A castle with an orchard inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t6:o4:1
# text = A castle with an orchard inside
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

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