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title: Was the Treasury a dead strong building, or what? — Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Treasury a dead strong building, or what? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 9 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

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Was the Treasury a dead strong building, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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/655-pg23661-part23/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t9:1
# text = Was the Treasury a dead strong building, or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Treasury	Treasury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was made of solid copper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t9:o1:1
# text = It was made of solid copper
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of solid copper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was made of solid copper and had iron doors and walls thick enough to stop any beast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t9:o2:1
# text = It was made of solid copper and had iron doors and walls thick enough to stop any beast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
14	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of solid copper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **have** | past |  | iron doors and walls |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | any beast |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality beast=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Made of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t9:o3:1
# text = Made of wood
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was made of thick brick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t9:o4:1
# text = It was made of thick brick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of thick brick | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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