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title: Why's the lady's kid lying in bed all poorly? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why's the lady's kid lying in bed all poorly? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…

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Why's the lady's kid lying in bed all poorly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** be, lie · **To what, where:** bed

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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/2031-pg902-part1/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t5:1
# text = Why's the lady's kid lying in bed all poorly?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lady's kid |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the lady's kid *not said here* |  |  | bed |  | poorly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |

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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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He's got a fever and wants oranges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t5:o1:1
# text = He's got a fever and wants oranges
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | He | a fever |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fever=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | He *not said here* | oranges |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot orange=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's hungry and wants some soup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t5:o2:1
# text = He's hungry and wants some soup
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | He *not said here* | some soup |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot soup=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's got a cough and needs bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t5:o3:1
# text = He's got a cough and needs bread
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | He | a cough |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cough=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | present | He *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bread=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's got a proper fever and wants oranges and some warm soup from the kitchen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t5:o4:1
# text = He's got a proper fever and wants oranges and some warm soup from the kitchen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | He | a proper fever |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fever=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | He *not said here* | oranges and some warm soup |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot orange=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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