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title: lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad? — Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper,… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king lo…

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lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everybody, king · **What happens:** think, go · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» 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/1196-pg3027-part62/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:t2:1
# text = lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | everybody |  |  |  |  | lowkey *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 -->
he kept insisting the boat was sinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:t2:o1:1
# text = he kept insisting the boat was sinking
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	insisting	insist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the boat |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boat=Topic |
| 3 | **sink** | past · progressive | insisting |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he kept pointing at the water and screaming nonsense about a missing royal slipper for minutes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:t2:o2:1
# text = he kept pointing at the water and screaming nonsense about a missing royal slipper for minutes
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
9	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the water | minute |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | nonsense |  |  |  | about a missing royal slipper | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the sailors saw him waving his bare foot and repeating strange orders over and over again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:t2:o3:1
# text = the sailors saw him waving his bare foot and repeating strange orders over and over again
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
11	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the sailors | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wave** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | his bare foot |  |  | again |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 3 | **repeat** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | strange orders |  |  |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he kept yelling "my shoe" over and over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:t2:o4:1
# text = he kept yelling "my shoe" over and over
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | my shoe |  |  |  | over *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Topic |

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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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