--- title: In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa."… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little… · tree and pragmatics description: In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa." Where do you look first? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/t9/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Prepositions and conjunctions: little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent… In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa." Where do you look first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hint, key, you · **What happens:** say, be, look · **To what, where:** game, rug · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» of the language 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/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:1 # text = In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa." 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hint hint NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rug rug NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 15 behind behind ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the hint | | | a game | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in game=Manner | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the key | | | the rug | | behind the sofa | 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. *Sentence 2:* Where do you look first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:2 # text = Where do you look first? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present · do-support | you | | | | | first *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} On top of the sofa, right above where the rug lies ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:o1:1 # text = On top of the sofa, right above where the rug lies 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rug rug NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | the rug | | | top of the sofa | | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Inside the sofa cushions ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:o2:1 # text = Inside the sofa cushions 1 Inside inside ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Beneath the rug that is behind the sofa ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:o3:1 # text = Beneath the rug that is behind the sofa 1 Beneath beneath ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rug rug NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 behind behind ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Behind the rug in front of the sofa ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t9:o4:1 # text = Behind the rug in front of the sofa 1 Behind behind ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rug rug NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 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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