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title: Which colour of fish was not mentioned in the account of the catch? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which colour of fish was not mentioned in the account of the catch? Exam question 1 of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the…

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Which colour of fish was not mentioned in the account of the catch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not mention, account · **To what, where:** colour, account, catch

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» 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/167-pg128-part7/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e1:1
# text = Which colour of fish was not mentioned in the account of the catch?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | which colour of fish |  | the account of the catch |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | the catch |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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yellow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e1:o1:1
# text = yellow
1	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e1:o2:1
# text = blue
1	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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bright yellow and blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e1:o3:1
# text = bright yellow and blue
1	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e1:o4:1
# text = green
1	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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