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title: are the maidens still stuck in the castle? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the la… · tree and pragmatics
description: are the maidens still stuck in the castle? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
are the maidens still stuck in the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maidens · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** castle

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» 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/1382-pg4018-part42/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t7:1
# text = are the maidens still stuck in the castle?
1	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the maidens |  |  | the castle | still | stuck *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they got married to knights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t7:o1:1
# text = nah, they got married to knights
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | to knights | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to knight=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they went back to their mums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t7:o2:1
# text = nah, they went back to their mums
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to their mums *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to mum=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they stayed with the demon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, they stayed with the demon
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | they |  |  |  |  | with the demon | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with demon=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were sent to live with a distant relative in the far north for years

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t7:o4:1
# text = nah, they were sent to live with a distant relative in the far north for years
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | the far north | year | with a distant relative | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with relative=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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