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title: So where did they sleep, in a proper hotel? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: So where did they sleep, in a proper hotel? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 6 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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So where did they sleep, in a proper hotel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** sleep · **To what, where:** proper hotel

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t6:1
# text = So where did they sleep, in a proper hotel?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · do-support | they |  |  | a proper hotel |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hotel=Location |

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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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Nah, in an old ruined castle with busted pillars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, in an old ruined castle with busted pillars
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	busted	bust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yeah, in a palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, in a palace
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, on a rooftop in the middle of a dusty town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, on a rooftop in the middle of a dusty town
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rooftop	rooftop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, in a bit of old field by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, in a bit of old field by the river
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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