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title: Yo, why was the castle the robbers lived in so fancy and big? — Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why was the castle the robbers lived in so fancy and big? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

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Yo, why was the castle the robbers lived in so fancy and big?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** castle · **What happens:** be, live · **To what, where:** castle, fancy

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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/684-pg2435-part24/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t11:1
# text = Yo, why was the castle the robbers lived in so fancy and big?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
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	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the castle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | past | the castle |  |  | fancy |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fancy=Location |

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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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Because the giant had built it for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t11:o1:1
# text = Because the giant had built it for them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · perfect · passive |  | the giant |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Beneficiary it=Product for they=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cuz they stole a ton of gold and built a massive secret palace nobody could find

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t11:o2:1
# text = Cuz they stole a ton of gold and built a massive secret palace nobody could find
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ton	ton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Cuz | a ton of gold |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ton=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | past | Cuz *not said here* | a massive secret palace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset palace=Product |
| 3 | **find** | could | nobody | a massive secret palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because it was a secret castle, lowkey splendid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t11:o3:1
# text = Because it was a secret castle, lowkey splendid
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a secret castle and lowkey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the robbers had built it in secret so nobody would ever find it, and it was super fancy inside

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t11:o4:1
# text = Because the robbers had built it in secret so nobody would ever find it, and it was super fancy inside
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
21	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · perfect · passive |  | the robbers |  | secret |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Product |
| 2 | **find** | would | nobody | secret |  |  | ever |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past | secret | super fancy |  |  |  | inside *property* | tree rules |

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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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