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title: Was the palace mint, like what was it full of? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the palace mint, like what was it full of? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 7 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

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Was the palace mint, like what was it full of?

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

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t7:1
# text = Was the palace mint, like what was it full of?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the palace mint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the palace mint |  |  |  |  | full *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}

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Diamonds like pebbles everywhere, on every floor and wall of the whole place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t7:o1:1
# text = Diamonds like pebbles everywhere, on every floor and wall of the whole place
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silver like pebbles everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t7:o2:1
# text = Silver like pebbles everywhere
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rubies and diamonds and gold coins piled up like pebbles in every room, innit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t7:o3:1
# text = Rubies and diamonds and gold coins piled up like pebbles in every room, innit
1	Rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** | participle |  | gold coins *not said here* |  | every room |  | like pebbles | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in room=Destination |

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

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Diamonds like pebbles everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t7:o4:1
# text = Diamonds like pebbles everywhere
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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