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title: was the mum Bunyip mad, or just kinda chill about it? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Bunyip: young f… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the mum Bunyip mad, or just kinda chill about it? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1213 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Bunyip: young fishermen catch a Bunyip cub, its angry mother rises from the pool, and the youths are turned into swans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 4 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Bunyip: young fishermen catch a Bun…

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was the mum Bunyip mad, or just kinda chill about it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, chill · **To what, where:** mum

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1213 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Bunyip: young fishermen catch a Bunyip cub, its angry mother rises from the pool, and the youths are turned into swans» 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/1213-pg3282-part14/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1213-pg3282-part14:t4:1
# text = was the mum Bunyip mad, or just kinda chill about it?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Bunyip	Bunyip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chill** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about it; kinda *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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furious and screaming loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1213-pg3282-part14:t4:o1:1
# text = furious and screaming loudly
1	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
calm and quiet, just sad inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1213-pg3282-part14:t4:o2:1
# text = calm and quiet, just sad inside
1	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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mad, with yellow eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1213-pg3282-part14:t4:o3:1
# text = mad, with yellow eyes
1	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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furious and hunting for her cub all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1213-pg3282-part14:t4:o4:1
# text = furious and hunting for her cub all night
1	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night | for her cub | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for cub=Theme |

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