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title: Which part of the palace did the knight use to punish the intruders? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which part of the palace did the knight use to punish the intruders? Exam question 1 of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Which part of the palace did the knight use to punish the intruders?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** part · **What happens:** use, punish · **To what, where:** intruders

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1517-pg540-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:e1:1
# text = Which part of the palace did the knight use to punish the intruders?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	intruders	intruder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | which part of the palace |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **punish** | to-infinitive | which part of the palace *not said here* | the intruders |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intruder=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the furnace chamber, kept always boiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = the furnace chamber, kept always boiling
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | the furnace chamber *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the dungeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = the dungeon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the tower, always locked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = the tower, always locked
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  | the tower *not said here* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the kitchen oven, always hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = the kitchen oven, always hot
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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

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