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title: So the Queen was buzzin' about the new dress, right? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Queen was buzzin' about the new dress, right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the Queen was buzzin' about the new dress, right?

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

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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/1539-pg540-part36/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t9:1
# text = So the Queen was buzzin' about the new dress, right?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	buzzin	buzzin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	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 Queen | buzzin |  |  |  | about the new dress | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was more worried about Delicia and her turkeys than the new dress really

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t9:o1:1
# text = Nah, she was more worried about Delicia and her turkeys than the new dress really
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	turkeys	turkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about Delicia and her turkeys; than the new dress; worried *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was more fussed about the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, she was more fussed about the King
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	fussed	fuss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fuss** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | about the King | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was more worried about Delicia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, she was more worried about Delicia
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about Delicia; worried *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was buzzin' about the dress, but she was more worried about Delicia too

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she was buzzin' about the dress, but she was more worried about Delicia too
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	buzzin	buzzin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzzin** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | about the dress | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about Delicia; worried *property* | tree rules |

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