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title: wait, what was in the cupboard, like a cheeky surprise? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what was in the cupboard, like a cheeky surprise? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

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wait, what was in the cupboard, like a cheeky surprise?

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

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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/1483-pg503-part70/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t2:1
# text = wait, what was in the cupboard, like a cheeky surprise?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the cupboard |  |  | 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 jewelled cupboard full of gold, wine and a hidden dagger for the King

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t2:o1:1
# text = A jewelled cupboard full of gold, wine and a hidden dagger for the King
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bunch of flowers with a hidden poison inside every petal and stem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t2:o2:1
# text = A bunch of flowers with a hidden poison inside every petal and stem
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	petal	petal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nice bridal gown with a hidden blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t2:o3:1
# text = A nice bridal gown with a hidden blade
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	blade	blade	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 bridal shirt that was actually poison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t2:o4:1
# text = A bridal shirt that was actually poison
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a bridal shirt | poison |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

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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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