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title: lasse was lowkey scared the whole time right — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23:… · tree and pragmatics
description: lasse was lowkey scared the whole time right Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 7 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

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lasse was lowkey scared the whole time right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lasse · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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/1298-pg3454-part23/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t7:1
# text = lasse was lowkey scared the whole time right
1	lasse	lasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | lasse |  |  |  | time | lowkey, right, scared *property* | 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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deadass he was scared the whole trip and kept saying no to every single new place they reached

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t7:o1:1
# text = deadass he was scared the whole trip and kept saying no to every single new place they reached
1	deadass	deadass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | deadass |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | deadass *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | deadass *not said here* | no | every single new place |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to place=Recipient |
| 4 | **reach** | past | they | every single new place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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deadass, he kept vibing with no and was terrified basically the whole time honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t7:o2:1
# text = deadass, he kept vibing with no and was terrified basically the whole time honestly
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	vibing	vibe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | deadass |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vibe** | gerund | deadass *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with no | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | deadass *not said here* |  |  |  |  | terrified *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
deadass, he kept vibing with no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t7:o3:1
# text = deadass, he kept vibing with no
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	vibing	vibe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | deadass |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vibe** | gerund | deadass *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with no | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he was scared but still brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah he was scared but still brave
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	brave	brave	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 | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

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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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