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title: Lowkey the king was well shook, innit? — Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey the king was well shook, innit? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

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Lowkey the king was well shook, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** shake, innit · **To what, where:** Lowkey

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» 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/1999-pg7885-part18/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:t3:1
# text = Lowkey the king was well shook, innit?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	shook	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · passive |  | Lowkey |  |  |  | well *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was cool as a cucumber, but his eyes were bulging out a bit

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, he was cool as a cucumber, but his eyes were bulging out a bit
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cucumber	cucumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	bulging	bulge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	appos	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as a cucumber; cool *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bulge out** | past · progressive | his eyes | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was proper shaking and sweating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was proper shaking and sweating
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sweating	sweat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sweat** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was shaking so hard his crown fell off and rolled under the table

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was shaking so hard his crown fell off and rolled under the table
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall off** | past | his crown |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **roll** | participle | his crown *not said here* |  |  | the table |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under table=Trajectory |
| 4 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his eyes were ready to jump out his head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, his eyes were ready to jump out his head
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his eyes |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **jump out** | to-infinitive | his eyes *not said here* | his head |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Trajectory |

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