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title: In what vessel was the soul of the sea-maiden concealed? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what vessel was the soul of the sea-maiden concealed? Exam question 1 of lesson 2009 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and the sea-maiden dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In what vessel was the soul of the sea-maiden concealed?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2009 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and the sea-maiden dies» 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/2009-pg7885-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e1:1
# text = In what vessel was the soul of the sea-maiden concealed?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the soul |  | vessel |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Inside a golden box, within a loch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = Inside a golden box, within a loch
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Within an egg, which was itself hidden inside a trout in the loch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = Within an egg, which was itself hidden inside a trout in the loch
1	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | a egg |  | a trout in the loch |  | egg *obl:unmarked* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient inside trout=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Inside a small golden casket, carefully sealed within a trout's belly, deep in the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = Inside a small golden casket, carefully sealed within a trout's belly, deep in the water
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  | a small golden casket *not said here* |  |  |  | within a trout's belly; carefully *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Within an egg, contained in a trout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = Within an egg, contained in a trout
1	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | participle |  |  |  | a trout |  | within a egg | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in trout=Location |

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