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title: why did Miranda go white, was it for the King — pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whitti… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did Miranda go white, was it for the King Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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 11 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did Miranda go white, was it for the King

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miranda · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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/1463-pg503-part50/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t11:1
# text = why did Miranda go white, was it for the King
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Miranda	Miranda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Miranda |  |  |  |  | for the King; white *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for king=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it was for the king, cause he asked everyone to wear white that day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, it was for the king, cause he asked everyone to wear white that day
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	white	white	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for the king | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, cause white just suited her better and the king was not even there yet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, cause white just suited her better and the king was not even there yet
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	suited	suit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	conj	_	_
16	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **suit** | past |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | the king |  |  |  | yet | there *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, cause white just suited her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, cause white just suited her
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	suited	suit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **suit** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, cause white was her mom's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t11:o4:1
# text = nah, cause white was her mom's
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	white	white	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | white |  |  |  |  | 's her mom | tree rules |

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