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title: Lowkey, what did the King warn his daughters about? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what did the King warn his daughters about? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

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Lowkey, what did the King warn his daughters about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** warn · **To what, where:** daughters

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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/1528-pg540-part25/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t9:1
# text = Lowkey, what did the King warn his daughters about?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · do-support | Lowkey |  | King's daughters |  |  |  | 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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Opening the chest in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = Opening the chest in the hall
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the chest |  | the hall |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent chest=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Going into the cellar after dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = Going into the cellar after dark
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | the cellar | after dark |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cellar=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going in the right-hand corner room, especially after the bell rang at dusk each night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = Going in the right-hand corner room, especially after the bell rang at dusk each night
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	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 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | the hand corner room |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in room=Location |
| 2 | **ring** | past |  |  |  |  | after the bell; dusk; night | especially *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Going in the right-hand corner room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = Going in the right-hand corner room
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | the hand corner room |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

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