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title: Was Becuma's hand described as pale? — Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Becuma's hand described as pale? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 14 · ★ · Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses…

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Was Becuma's hand described as pale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** hand

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» 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/1063-pg2892-part31/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:t14:1
# text = Was Becuma's hand described as pale?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Becuma	Becuma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Becuma's hand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as pale | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as pale=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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Nah, "red and rough hand" from working the fields of Tara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:t14:o1:1
# text = Nah, "red and rough hand" from working the fields of Tara
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund | red hand *not said here* | the fields of Tara |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent field=Material |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yeah, "pale thin hand" that held the cup of wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:t14:o2:1
# text = Yeah, "pale thin hand" that held the cup of wine
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | that | pale thin hand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, "brown rough hand"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:t14:o3:1
# text = Nah, "brown rough hand"
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, "pale thin hand"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:t14:o4:1
# text = Yeah, "pale thin hand"
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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