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title: Was the iron door locked, though? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the iron door locked, though? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par…

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Was the iron door locked, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, lock · **To what, where:** iron door

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» 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/1495-pg503-part82/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t9:1
# text = Was the iron door locked, though?
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	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	though	though	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 iron door |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | though *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Nah, looked like it had no lock or key at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t9:o1:1
# text = Nah, looked like it had no lock or key at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past | it | no lock or key |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was locked tight with a big iron lock, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it was locked tight with a big iron lock, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | with a big iron lock; tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with lock=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, looked like it had no lock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, looked like it had no lock
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past | it | no lock |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it had a rusty bolt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, it had a rusty bolt
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | it | a rusty bolt |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Patient |

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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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