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# Test 2 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

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Bruv, why did the queen's dad go all quiet and not chat when Conn came in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Conn · **What happens:** go, not chat, come in

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1064 «Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32: Conn lands on a magic island, asks for the queen's son, and the boy is condemned to die» 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/1064-pg2892-part32/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1064-pg2892-part32:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why did the queen's dad go all quiet and not chat when Conn came in?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	chat	chat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the queen's dad |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **chat** *speech: other* | infinitive | the queen's dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come in** | past | Conn |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «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}

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He was upset about the land and his lad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1064-pg2892-part32:t2:o1:1
# text = He was upset about the land and his lad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about the land and his lad; upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was properly gobsmacked, the queen's dad, and well fed up about his lad going off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1064-pg2892-part32:t2:o2:1
# text = He was properly gobsmacked, the queen's dad, and well fed up about his lad going off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	off	off	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobsmack** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | the queen's dad *obl*; properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | about his lad; well *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go off** | gerund | his lad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was just tired, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1064-pg2892-part32:t2:o3:1
# text = He was just tired, mate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was gobsmacked and fed up about his lad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1064-pg2892-part32:t2:o4:1
# text = He was gobsmacked and fed up about his lad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobsmack** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | about his lad | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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