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title: where was the prisoner kept, innit? — Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: where was the prisoner kept, innit? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 9 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

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where was the prisoner kept, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prisoner · **What happens:** be, keep, innit

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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/693-pg2435-part33/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:t9:1
# text = where was the prisoner kept, innit?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the prisoner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the prisoner *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in a golden box under the throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:t9:o1:1
# text = in a golden box under the throne
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in a golden cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:t9:o2:1
# text = in a golden cage
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in a tall iron cage set in the courtyard of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:t9:o3:1
# text = in a tall iron cage set in the courtyard of the palace
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | a tall iron cage *not said here* |  | the courtyard of the palace |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:t9:o4:1
# text = in the tower
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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