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title: the witch's cloak was gold, yeah? which bit lit the place? — West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the witch's cloak was gold, yeah? which bit lit the place? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 9 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr…

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the witch's cloak was gold, yeah? which bit lit the place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cloak gold · **What happens:** be, light · **To what, where:** cloak gold, place

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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/1160-pg3027-part26/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t9:1
# text = the witch's cloak was gold, yeah? which bit lit the place?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the witch's cloak gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** | past | the witch's cloak gold | the place |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Product |

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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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the gold lit the whole room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = the gold lit the whole room
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | the gold | the whole room |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cloak lit the whole house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = the cloak lit the whole house
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | the cloak | the whole house |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cloak lit up the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = the cloak lit up the hall
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit up** | participle | the cloak *not said here* | the hall |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the cloak lit every room in the whole house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = the cloak lit every room in the whole house
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | participle | the cloak | every room |  | the whole house |  |  | tree rules |

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