--- title: Mate, what was the palace made of, like, proper bright? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what was the palace made of, like, proper bright? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 878 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the mermaid watches the prince's palace and dreams of a soul» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/878-pg27200-part89/t4/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/878-pg27200-part89/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the m… Mate, what was the palace made of, like, proper bright? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** palace This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 878 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the mermaid watches the prince's palace and dreams of a soul» 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/878-pg27200-part89/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t4:1 # text = Mate, what was the palace made of, like, proper bright? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 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 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mate | the palace | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the palace *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **be** | | Mate *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} bright yellow shining stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t4:o1:1 # text = bright yellow shining stone 1 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} gleaming white marble with gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t4:o2:1 # text = gleaming white marble with gold 1 gleaming gleam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gleam** | gerund | | white marble | | | | with gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent marble=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} cheap bricks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t4:o3:1 # text = cheap bricks 1 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} white marble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:878-pg27200-part89:t4:o4:1 # text = white marble 1 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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