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title: In the tale, what colour are the garments worn by the outlaws of She… — Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the tale, what colour are the garments worn by the outlaws of Sherwood? Exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

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In the tale, what colour are the garments worn by the outlaws of Sherwood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale · **What happens:** be, wear · **To what, where:** garments

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e1:1
# text = In the tale, what colour are the garments worn by the outlaws of Sherwood?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	outlaws	outlaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Sherwood	Sherwood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the tale | the garments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | the garments *not said here* |  |  |  | by the outlaws of Sherwood | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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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Red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e1:o1:1
# text = Red
1	Red	red	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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Brown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e1:o2:1
# text = Brown
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e1:o3:1
# 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.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e1:o4:1
# text = Tan
1	Tan	Tan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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