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title: Dude, what's the deal with the fairies' dresses, like, what colours? — Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what's the deal with the fairies' dresses, like, what colours? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, what's the deal with the fairies' dresses, like, what colours?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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/1457-pg503-part44/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:t4:1
# text = Dude, what's the deal with the fairies' dresses, like, what colours?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
16	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dude and colours | the deal |  |  |  | with the fairies's dresses | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Green, white and red, all three different

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:t4:o1:1
# text = Green, white and red, all three different
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Red, green and gold, all different

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:t4:o2:1
# text = Red, green and gold, all different
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Green, white and red, with golden hems and silver buttons down the front of each dress

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:t4:o3:1
# text = Green, white and red, with golden hems and silver buttons down the front of each dress
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hems	hem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Green, white and red, the colours of the fairy hills, woven with silver thread at the edges of each gown

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:t4:o4:1
# text = Green, white and red, the colours of the fairy hills, woven with silver thread at the edges of each gown
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | the Green colours of the fairy hills *not said here* |  | the edges of each gown |  | with silver thread | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Trajectory |

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