--- title: In what location was the lady's castle concealed by the magician? — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics description: In what location was the lady's castle concealed by the magician? Exam question 2 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre… In what location was the lady's castle concealed by the magician? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location · **What happens:** be, conceal · **To what, where:** castle This is exam question 2 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1927-pg7277-part64/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e2:1 # text = In what location was the lady's castle concealed by the magician? 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | location | the lady's castle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **conceal** | participle | | the lady's castle *not said here* | | | | by the magician | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by magician=Location | 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} Within a stone well. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e2:o1:1 # text = Within a stone well. 1 Within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Within a glass box. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e2:o2:1 # text = Within a glass box. 1 Within within ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Under a hill. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e2:o3:1 # text = Under a hill. 1 Under under ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Inside a silver chest. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e2:o4:1 # text = Inside a silver chest. 1 Inside inside ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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