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title: Lowkey, why did the Count break the wheel? — Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Re… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, why did the Count break the wheel? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

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Lowkey, why did the Count break the wheel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** break · **To what, where:** wheel

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» 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/1569-pg540-part66/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t3:1
# text = Lowkey, why did the Count break the wheel?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · do-support | Lowkey | the wheel |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wheel=Patient |

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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 furious that she kept on spinning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t3:o1:1
# text = he was furious that she kept on spinning
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	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **spin** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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he was super mad and flipped out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t3:o2:1
# text = he was super mad and flipped out
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	super	super	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mad, super *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **flip out** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he wanted to stop the noise and flipped out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t3:o3:1
# text = he wanted to stop the noise and flipped out
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the noise |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality noise=Eventuality |
| 3 | **flip out** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was an accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t3:o4:1
# text = it was an accident
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a accident |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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