--- title: which colour did the eldest princess wear, the green one — pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whitti… · tree and pragmatics description: which colour did the eldest princess wear, the green one Test 9 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1463-pg503-part50/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whitti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1463-pg503-part50/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas… which colour did the eldest princess wear, the green one **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** colour · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** eldest princess wear This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t9:1 # text = which colour did the eldest princess wear, the green one 1 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wear wear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which colour | the eldest princess wear | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wear=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} nah, she wore white, cause green was for the cook's daughter only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, she wore white, cause green was for the cook's daughter only 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 cause cause ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 green green NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | she | | | | | white *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | cause green | | | | | for the cook's daughter | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, blue, cause she was sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, blue, cause she was sad 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, green, cause she was hopeful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, green, cause she was hopeful 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 hopeful hopeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | hopeful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yeah, green, cause it meant joy and hope for dad coming home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah, green, cause it meant joy and hope for dad coming home 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | it | joy and hope | | | | for dad | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot joy=Theme for dad=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | gerund | dad *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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