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title: What was the black gunk they smeared on their faces? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the black gunk they smeared on their faces? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the black gunk they smeared on their faces?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black gunk, they · **What happens:** be, smear · **To what, where:** black gunk, faces

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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/179-pg128-part19/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t7:1
# text = What was the black gunk they smeared on their faces?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gunk	gunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	smeared	smear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the black gunk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **smear** | past | they | the black gunk *not said here* |  | their faces |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gunk=Theme on face=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, all mixed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t7:o1:1
# text = Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, all mixed
1	Ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
12	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, mixed with blood and sea salt from the shore

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t7:o2:1
# text = Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, mixed with blood and sea salt from the shore
1	Ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | Ashes *not said here* |  |  |  | with blood and sea salt from the shore | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with blood=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, all mixed together with some kind of old goat fat

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t7:o3:1
# text = Ashes, coal-dust and lamp-black, all mixed together with some kind of old goat fat
1	Ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
12	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soot and oil from the castle lamps, mixed up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t7:o4:1
# text = Soot and oil from the castle lamps, mixed up
1	Soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | participle |  | the castle lamps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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