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title: When did the bee say the palace would be done? — Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17:… · tree and pragmatics
description: When did the bee say the palace would be done? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 10 · ★ · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

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When did the bee say the palace would be done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bee · **What happens:** say, do · **To what, where:** palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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/1693-pg640-part17/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t10:1
# text = When did the bee say the palace would be done?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the bee |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | would · passive |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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before sunset tomorrow night when the King comes to see it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t10:o1:1
# text = before sunset tomorrow night when the King comes to see it
1	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the King |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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before sunset tomorrow night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t10:o2:1
# text = before sunset tomorrow night
1	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	night	night	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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before sunrise next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t10:o3:1
# text = before sunrise next week
1	before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by the end of the third day after the full moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t10:o4:1
# text = by the end of the third day after the full moon
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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