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title: Which dress was the silver one, bruv? — English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which dress was the silver one, bruv? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h…

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Which dress was the silver one, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dress · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** silver one

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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/263-pg14241-part30/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t4:1
# text = Which dress was the silver one, bruv?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which dress | the silver one and bruv |  |  |  |  | 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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The velvet coat sewn with a thousand tiny silver bells from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t4:o1:1
# text = The velvet coat sewn with a thousand tiny silver bells from the palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sewn	sew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | participle |  | the velvet coat *not said here* |  |  |  | with thousand tiny silver bells from the palace | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with bell=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gown of silver cloth embroidered with pearls and roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t4:o2:1
# text = The gown of silver cloth embroidered with pearls and roses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle · passive |  | the gown of silver cloth |  |  |  | with pearls and roses | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with pearl=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dress of golden lace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t4:o3:1
# text = The dress of golden lace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coat of silver cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t4:o4:1
# text = The coat of silver cloth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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