--- title: Which object is described as having been grey in colour throughout t… — Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lif… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object is described as having been grey in colour throughout the passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1586 «Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house into the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1586-pg55-part1/e3/) [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/) / [Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lif…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1586-pg55-part1/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i… Which object is described as having been grey in colour throughout the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, have, be · **To what, where:** object, colour This is exam question 3 of lesson 1586 «Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house into the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1586-pg55-part1/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1586-pg55-part1:e3:1 # text = Which object is described as having been grey in colour throughout the passage? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 nsubj _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which object | | | throughout the passage | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | participle | | | | colour | | grey *property* | tree rules | 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} The sky, the fields, and the old wooden barn walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1586-pg55-part1:e3:o1:1 # text = The sky, the fields, and the old wooden barn walls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The grass, the paint, the house, the fields, and even the animals in the sheds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1586-pg55-part1:e3:o2:1 # text = The grass, the paint, the house, the fields, and even the animals in the sheds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sheds shed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The grass, the paint, and the house as a whole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1586-pg55-part1:e3:o3:1 # text = The grass, the paint, and the house as a whole 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The grass, the paint, the house, and the sky above the entire prairie farm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1586-pg55-part1:e3:o4:1 # text = The grass, the paint, the house, and the sky above the entire prairie farm 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 above above ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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