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title: Yo, so why was the King totally vexed at dinner, mate? — Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Sna… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so why was the King totally vexed at dinner, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 1 · ★ · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, so why was the King totally vexed at dinner, mate?

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

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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/1904-pg7277-part41/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t1:1
# text = Yo, so why was the King totally vexed at dinner, mate?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	vexed	vex	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **vex** | past | the King |  |  | dinner and mate |  | totally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 -->
his dinner tasted like cardboard and he couldn't even swallow it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t1:o1:1
# text = his dinner tasted like cardboard and he couldn't even swallow it
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | his dinner |  |  |  |  | like cardboard | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **swallow** | could | dinner | cardboard |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his food was totally burnt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t1:o2:1
# text = his food was totally burnt
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past · passive |  | his food |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his grub tasted like cardboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t1:o3:1
# text = his grub tasted like cardboard
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | his grub |  |  |  |  | like cardboard | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the grub was made of old leather boots and the cook got sacked for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t1:o4:1
# text = the grub was made of old leather boots and the cook got sacked for it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	sacked	sack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the grub |  |  |  | of old leather boots | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **sack** | past · passive |  | the cook |  |  |  | for grub | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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