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title: So was Vice's dress fancy or plain? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: So was Vice's dress fancy or plain? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 12 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

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So was Vice's dress fancy or plain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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/541-pg22381-part47/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t12:1
# text = So was Vice's dress fancy or plain?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Vice	Vice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | past |  |  |  |  |  | so *property* | 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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Heavy purple wool trimmed with silver and set with stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t12:o1:1
# text = Heavy purple wool trimmed with silver and set with stones
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | participle |  | Heavy purple wool *not said here* |  |  |  | with silver | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with stones | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with stone=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Simple and gray

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t12:o2:1
# text = Simple and gray
1	Simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gray	gray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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Gaudy and bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t12:o3:1
# text = Gaudy and bright
1	Gaudy	gaudy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Covered in gold thread and glittering jewels all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t12:o4:1
# text = Covered in gold thread and glittering jewels all over
1	Covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	glittering	glitter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in gold thread | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in thread=Theme |
| 2 | **glitter** | gerund |  | jewels |  |  |  | over *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme |

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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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