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title: What did the guests stare at when it went bang? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the guests stare at when it went bang? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

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What did the guests stare at when it went bang?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guests, it · **What happens:** do, stare, go · **To what, where:** bang

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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/1798-pg641-part49/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t12:1
# text = What did the guests stare at when it went bang?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stare	stare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stare** | present | the guests |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past | it | bang |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bang=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The floor full of stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t12:o1:1
# text = The floor full of stones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The guests' shocked faces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t12:o2:1
# text = The guests' shocked faces
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 floor covered in glittering stones from the helmet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t12:o3:1
# text = The floor covered in glittering stones from the helmet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	glittering	glitter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | the floor *not said here* |  |  |  | from the helmet; in glittering stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in stone=Theme |
| 2 | **glitter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bridegroom, the bride, and the floor all covered in stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t12:o4:1
# text = The bridegroom, the bride, and the floor all covered in stones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle · passive |  | the bridegroom and the bride |  |  |  | in stones; all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in stone=Theme |

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