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title: Mate, what colour was the frock she wore on the hols, like proper go… — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what colour was the frock she wore on the hols, like proper gold bright? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 1 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd…

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Mate, what colour was the frock she wore on the hols, like proper gold bright?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, she · **What happens:** be, wear · **To what, where:** frock, hols

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» 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/1092-pg29021-part17/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t1:1
# text = Mate, what colour was the frock she wore on the hols, like proper gold bright?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frock	frock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hols	hol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
17	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and what colour | the frock and proper gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | past | she | the frock and proper gold *not said here* |  | the hols |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent frock=Theme |

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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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a deep crimson red like silk from the royal wedding gown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t1:o1:1
# text = a deep crimson red like silk from the royal wedding gown
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	crimson	crimson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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bright like the sun at midday over the palace roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t1:o2:1
# text = bright like the sun at midday over the palace roof
1	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the colour of the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t1:o3:1
# text = the colour of the sun
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the colour of the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t1:o4:1
# text = the colour of the moon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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