--- title: What was the colour of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun mea… — Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the colour of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun meadow? Exam question 3 of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1784-pg641-part35/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/) / [Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1784-pg641-part35/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi… What was the colour of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun meadow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** colour This is exam question 3 of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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/1784-pg641-part35/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e3:1 # text = What was the colour of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun meadow? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the colour | | | | of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun meadow | 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} Shining silver, bright in the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e3:o1:1 # text = Shining silver, bright in the sun 1 Shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | silver | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pure silver, glinting in the sunlight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e3:o2:1 # text = Pure silver, glinting in the sunlight 1 Pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 glinting glint VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glint** | gerund | Pure silver *not said here* | | | the sunlight | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunlight=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e3:o3:1 # text = Silver 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Crystal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e3:o4:1 # text = Crystal 1 Crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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