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title: Was Simon proper annoyed at getting the mule back? — Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Simon proper annoyed at getting the mule back? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 6 · ★ · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

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Was Simon proper annoyed at getting the mule back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Simon · **What happens:** be, get back · **To what, where:** mule

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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/1906-pg7277-part43/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t6:1
# text = Was Simon proper annoyed at getting the mule back?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Simon |  |  |  |  | annoyed, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get back** | gerund | Simon *not said here* | the mule |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mule=Stimulus |

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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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Dead annoyed, he gave it away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t6:o1:1
# text = Dead annoyed, he gave it away
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | past | he | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t6:o2:1
# text = Not really
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pretty fed up, he sold it on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t6:o3:1
# text = Pretty fed up, he sold it on
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sell on** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, chill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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