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title: A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye". W… — Dyes, inks and colouring · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye". What's wrong? Test 4 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Dyes, inks and colouring

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A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye". What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon king, purple · **What happens:** wear, be · **To what, where:** purple, cheapest dye

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This is test 4 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:1
# text = A cartoon king wears purple because "purple was the cheapest dye".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	cheapest	cheap	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	dye	dye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | a cartoon king | purple |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent purple=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | purple | the cheapest dye |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Purple dye was rare and very dear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:o1:1
# text = Purple dye was rare and very dear
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dye	dye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Purple dye |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Purple dye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Purple was made from onions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:o2:1
# text = Purple was made from onions
1	Purple	Purple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Purple |  | onions |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from onion=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kings only ever wore gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:o3:1
# text = Kings only ever wore gold
1	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | Kings | gold |  |  | ever |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Purple was banned for kings by the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t4:o4:1
# text = Purple was banned for kings by the law
1	Purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive | the law | Purple |  |  |  | for kings | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=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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