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title: lowkey sus, why did the king skip coming on day three? — Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey sus, why did the king skip coming on day three? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 4 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey sus, why did the king skip coming on day three?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king skip · **What happens:** come

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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/1844-pg7128-part28/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t4:1
# text = lowkey sus, why did the king skip coming on day three?
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	skip	skip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · do-support | the king skip |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he thought she was just messing around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t4:o1:1
# text = he thought she was just messing around
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	messing	mess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mess around** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he thought she was just messing around with the Queens and the nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t4:o2:1
# text = he thought she was just messing around with the Queens and the nurse
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	messing	mess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mess around** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | with the Queens and the nurse; around *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he thought she was faking it for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t4:o3:1
# text = he thought she was faking it for fun
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fake** | past · progressive | she | it |  |  |  | for fun | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was mad that she had been messing around with the cowherd all week long

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t4:o4:1
# text = he was mad that she had been messing around with the cowherd all week long
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	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	messing	mess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mess around** | past · perfect · progressive | she |  |  |  | week | with the cowherd; around, long *property* | tree rules |

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