--- title: Why was the Catherine Wheel going on about romance being dead? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was the Catherine Wheel going on about romance being dead? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2039-pg902-part9/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2039-pg902-part9/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p… Why was the Catherine Wheel going on about romance being dead? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Catherine Wheel, going · **What happens:** go on, be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» 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/2039-pg902-part9/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t5:1 # text = Why was the Catherine Wheel going on about romance being dead? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Wheel Wheel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 csubj _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | the Catherine Wheel | | | | | about romance | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about romance=Location | | 2 | **is** | gerund | going | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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} Cos love's gone, innit mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t5:o1:1 # text = Cos love's gone, innit mate 1 Cos Cos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 innit innit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Cos love | | | | | innit mate *vocative*; gone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Cos she's proper miserable, like, because the Rocket keeps going on at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t5:o2:1 # text = Cos she's proper miserable, like, because the Rocket keeps going on at her 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | miserable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | present | the Rocket | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go on** | gerund | the Rocket *not said here* | | | | | at her *= she* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at she=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos she's proper bored, like ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t5:o3:1 # text = Cos she's proper bored, like 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 proper properly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | bored, properly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cos she's proper miserable, like ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:t5:o4:1 # text = Cos she's proper miserable, like 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | miserable *property* | tree rules | **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. 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