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title: Was the bush brown or green, the one in the garden? — Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the bush brown or green, the one in the garden? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king…

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Was the bush brown or green, the one in the garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bush · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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/1621-pg5615-part10/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t12:1
# text = Was the bush brown or green, the one in the garden?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bush |  |  |  |  | brown *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the bush *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Green, not brown, with smooth leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t12:o1:1
# text = Green, not brown, with smooth leaves
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brown, rather than green, with hairy leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t12:o2:1
# text = Brown, rather than green, with hairy leaves
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	5	cc	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brown, with smooth leaves, not hairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t12:o3:1
# text = Brown, with smooth leaves, not hairy
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brown, rather than green, with hairy leaves and a thorn at every tip

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t12:o4:1
# text = Brown, rather than green, with hairy leaves and a thorn at every tip
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	5	cc	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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