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title: Yo, what was in the twelfth cellar? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what was in the twelfth cellar? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what was in the twelfth cellar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** twelfth cellar

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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/1759-pg641-part10/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t9:1
# text = Yo, what was in the twelfth cellar?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the twelfth cellar |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cask with iron hoops, a voice, and a second locked door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = A cask with iron hoops, a voice, and a second locked door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A barrel with brass bands and a ghost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = A barrel with brass bands and a ghost
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bands	band	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cask with iron hoops and a voice that begged for water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = A cask with iron hoops and a voice that begged for water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | a cask with iron hoops and a voice |  |  |  |  | for water | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for water=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cask with iron hoops and a voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = A cask with iron hoops and a voice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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