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title: Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

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Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, go · **To what, where:** gate

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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/1563-pg540-part60/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:t7:1
# text = Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | present |  |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He sang an old song loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:t7:o1:1
# text = He sang an old song loud
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He | a old song |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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

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He oiled the hinges with that little bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:t7:o2:1
# text = He oiled the hinges with that little bottle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	oiled	oil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hinges	hinge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oil** | past | He | the hinges |  |  |  | with that little bottle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hinge=Destination with bottle=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He pulled the big bars one by one with his strong arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:t7:o3:1
# text = He pulled the big bars one by one with his strong arms
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | He | the big bars |  |  |  | with his strong arms | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent bar=Theme one=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The guards had left it unlocked so the Prior could walk through at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:t7:o4:1
# text = The guards had left it unlocked so the Prior could walk through at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	unlocked	unlock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prior	Prior	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | the guards |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **unlock** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **walk** | could | the Prior |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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