--- title: What was found inside the cupboard once the magic root had opened it… — Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27… · tree and pragmatics description: What was found inside the cupboard once the magic root had opened its seven locks? Exam question 2 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/687-pg2435-part27/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/687-pg2435-part27/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the ma… What was found inside the cupboard once the magic root had opened its seven locks? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** find, open · **To what, where:** cupboard, magic root This is exam question 2 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» 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/687-pg2435-part27/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e2:1 # text = What was found inside the cupboard once the magic root had opened its seven locks? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 inside inside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 once once SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · passive | | | | the cupboard | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **open** | past · perfect · passive | | the magic root | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme lock=Destination | 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} a chest of silver rings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e2:o1:1 # text = a chest of silver rings 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} some gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e2:o2:1 # text = some gold 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a store of gold pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e2:o3:1 # text = a store of gold pieces 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a bag of silver coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e2:o4:1 # text = a bag of silver coins 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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