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title: so the grave gents were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, yeah? — The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beast… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the grave gents were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…

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so the grave gents were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Chancellor

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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/633-pg23661-part1/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t12:1
# text = so the grave gents were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gents	gent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	were	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	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	11	compound	_	_
11	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Chancellor and the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Yeah, they were the Bishop and the Lord Mayor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they were the Bishop and the Lord Mayor
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | the Bishop and the Lord Mayor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yeah, they were the Chancellor and PM

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they were the Chancellor and PM
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | the Chancellor and PM |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, they were the King's cousins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, they were the King's cousins
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | the King's cousins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, they were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, who had come to fetch him from the nursery

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they were the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, who had come to fetch him from the nursery
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	10	compound	_	_
10	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | the Chancellor and the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the Chancellor and the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the Chancellor and the Prime Minister *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the nursery |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from nursery=Source |

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