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title: «toad's in a castle dungeon, so prisons in 1908 were castles» What i… — Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

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«toad's in a castle dungeon, so prisons in 1908 were castles» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toad, prisons, best answer · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** castle dungeon, castles

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history 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/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t3:1
# text = «toad's in a castle dungeon, so prisons in 1908 were castles» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1908	1908	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	acl	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | toad |  |  | a castle dungeon and castles |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | prisons in 1908 | castles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer | a castle dungeon and castles |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Yes, every prison in 1908 was a castle with a drawbridge and knights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, every prison in 1908 was a castle with a drawbridge and knights
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1908	1908	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | every prison in 1908 | a castle |  |  |  | with a drawbridge and knights | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prisons in 1908 were just tents in fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t3:o2:1
# text = Prisons in 1908 were just tents in fields
1	Prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	1908	1908	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Prisons in 1908 | tents |  | fields |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most were new prisons with rows of cells, though a few castles were still used

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t3:o3:1
# text = Most were new prisons with rows of cells, though a few castles were still used
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Most new prisons |  |  |  | with rows of cells | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past · passive |  | Most new prisons |  |  | still |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, prisons in 1908 were all built deep underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t3:o4:1
# text = No, prisons in 1908 were all built deep underground
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1908	1908	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | prisons in 1908 |  |  |  | all, underground *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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