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title: "mate, why's every house in Bath the same yellow colour?" — Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks · tree and pragmatics
description: "mate, why's every house in Bath the same yellow colour?" Test 6 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» of the geography 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 6 · ★ · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

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"mate, why's every house in Bath the same yellow colour?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** same yellow colour

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» of the geography 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/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t6:1
# text = "mate, why's every house in Bath the same yellow colour?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Bath	Bath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | every house in Bath | the same yellow colour |  |  |  |  | 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 law makes everyone paint their house yellow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t6:o1:1
# text = The law makes everyone paint their house yellow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the law | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | their house |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sand from the beach stains them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t6:o2:1
# text = The sand from the beach stains them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	stains	stain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stain** | present | the sand from the beach | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

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

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They were built from the local honey-coloured limestone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t6:o3:1
# text = They were built from the local honey-coloured limestone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	limestone	limestone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Romans covered them all in gold leaf and some of it stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t6:o4:1
# text = The Romans covered them all in gold leaf and some of it stuck
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | the Romans | them *= they* |  |  |  | in gold leaf | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination in leaf=Theme |

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