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title: Was the cabinet of the present a telly or summat? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the cabinet of the present a telly or summat? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 7 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the…

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Was the cabinet of the present a telly or summat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cabinet

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» 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/1697-pg640-part21/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t7:1
# text = Was the cabinet of the present a telly or summat?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cabinet	cabinet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	summat	summat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the cabinet |  |  |  | of the present | 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 {#o1}

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Glass showing the sea below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t7:o1:1
# text = Glass showing the sea below
1	Glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | Glass *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sea=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mirrors showing Rosalie crying in a dark room, far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t7:o2:1
# text = Mirrors showing Rosalie crying in a dark room, far away
1	Mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | Mirrors *not said here* |  | Rosalie |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rosalie=Recipient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Mirrors *not said here* |  |  | a dark room |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A set of mirrors that showed the Prince sleeping, and Rosalie weeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t7:o3:1
# text = A set of mirrors that showed the Prince sleeping, and Rosalie weeping
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	weeping	weeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | a set of mirrors | the Prince sleeping |  |  |  | Rosalie weeping *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sleeping=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mirrors showing Rosalie crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1697-pg640-part21:t7:o4:1
# text = Mirrors showing Rosalie crying
1	Mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | Mirrors *not said here* |  | Rosalie |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rosalie=Recipient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Mirrors |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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