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title: Was the bear's castle, like, mint or what? — Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and W… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the bear's castle, like, mint or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the bear's castle, like, mint or what?

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

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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/1418-pg503-part5/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t5:1
# text = Was the bear's castle, like, mint or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	conj	_	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 a** | past |  | the bear's castle |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
Yeah, mint, gold and silver everywhere, proper royal stuff that she can ring a bell for

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, mint, gold and silver everywhere, proper royal stuff that she can ring a bell for
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | can | she | a bell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, gold and silver everywhere, and the whole place is dead posh with a feast every night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, gold and silver everywhere, and the whole place is dead posh with a feast every night
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the whole place |  |  |  | night | with a feast; posh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just plain stone walls and no windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, just plain stone walls and no windows
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, gold and silver everywhere, dead posh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, gold and silver everywhere, dead posh
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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