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title: Yo, the ball was buzzing like a phone on vibrate, so what did that m… — pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, the ball was buzzing like a phone on vibrate, so what did that mean? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 1 · ★ · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

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Yo, the ball was buzzing like a phone on vibrate, so what did that mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ball, that · **What happens:** buzz, vibrate, mean

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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/1766-pg641-part17/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t1:1
# text = Yo, the ball was buzzing like a phone on vibrate, so what did that mean?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	vibrate	vibrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
17	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | the ball |  |  |  |  | like a phone | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vibrate** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **mean** | past · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Trouble was coming, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t1:o1:1
# text = Trouble was coming, mate
1	Trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · progressive | Trouble |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Danger, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t1:o2:1
# text = Danger, mate
1	Danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trouble was coming, so get moving now, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t1:o3:1
# text = Trouble was coming, so get moving now, mate
1	Trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · progressive | Trouble | mate |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | Trouble *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | Trouble *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ball wanted a snack now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t1:o4:1
# text = The ball wanted a snack now
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the ball | a snack |  |  | now |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme |

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