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title: ok but why did the golden ship turn black? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but why did the golden ship turn black? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship…

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ok but why did the golden ship turn black?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» 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/1415-pg503-part2/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:t7:1
# text = ok but why did the golden ship turn black?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The old man used the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:t7:o1:1
# text = The old man used the ring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the old man | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King ordered it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:t7:o2:1
# text = The King ordered it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the King | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The old man used the bronze ring to command it to turn black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:t7:o3:1
# text = The old man used the bronze ring to command it to turn black
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bronze	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	command	command	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the old man | the bronze ring |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient |
| 2 | **command** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | ring |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | black *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the gardener's son left the ring with the old man at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:t7:o4:1
# text = Because the gardener's son left the ring with the old man at sea
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the gardener's son | the ring |  |  |  | with the old man at sea | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient with man=Theme |

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