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title: lol wait, what was the palace even made of? — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol wait, what was the palace even made of? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

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lol wait, what was the palace even made of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, make · **To what, where:** palace

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t2:1
# text = lol wait, what was the palace even made of?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
plain river rock stacked with mud and sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t2:o1:1
# text = plain river rock stacked with mud and sticks
1	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stacked	stack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stack** | participle |  | plain river rock *not said here* |  |  |  | with mud and sticks | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
polished marble, gold, and many other fancy stones brought from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t2:o2:1
# text = polished marble, gold, and many other fancy stones brought from far away
1	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | participle · passive | polished marble and gold *not said here* | many other fancy stones |  |  |  | far *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
marble and other fancy stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t2:o3:1
# text = marble and other fancy stone
1	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gold and silver tiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t2:o4:1
# text = gold and silver tiles
1	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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