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title: Yo, so what colour were the rose-trees by the cottage? — Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so what colour were the rose-trees by the cottage? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befri…

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Yo, so what colour were the rose-trees by the cottage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** colour · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» 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/788-pg2591-part64/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t1:1
# text = Yo, so what colour were the rose-trees by the cottage?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | what colour |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One yellow, one blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t1:o1:1
# text = One yellow, one blue
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One white, one red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t1:o2:1
# text = One white, one red
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
5	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both white with red spots on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t1:o3:1
# text = Both white with red spots on them
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both were pink roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t1:o4:1
# text = Both were pink roses
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Both | pink roses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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