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title: Wait, so was the Ambassador's parade actually good or was it rubbish? — Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so was the Ambassador's parade actually good or was it rubbish? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

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Wait, so was the Ambassador's parade actually good or was it rubbish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parade · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** rubbish

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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/1892-pg7277-part29/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t2:1
# text = Wait, so was the Ambassador's parade actually good or was it rubbish?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Ambassador's parade |  |  |  |  | actually, good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | parade | rubbish |  |  |  |  | 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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It looked like proper rubbish to everyone who saw it, innit, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t2:o1:1
# text = It looked like proper rubbish to everyone who saw it, innit, mate
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | It | mate |  |  |  | like proper rubbish to everyone | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was actually dead good, the crowd loved it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t2:o2:1
# text = It was actually dead good, the crowd loved it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | actually, good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | past | the crowd | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honestly it looked well shabby to the lot of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t2:o3:1
# text = Honestly it looked well shabby to the lot of them
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	shabby	shabby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | it |  |  |  |  | to the lot of them; honestly, shabby *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to lot=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It looked like proper rubbish to everyone, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t2:o4:1
# text = It looked like proper rubbish to everyone, innit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | It |  |  |  |  | like proper rubbish; to everyone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to everyone=Theme |

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