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title: why'd the companions get so hyped? — A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd the companions get so hyped? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows…

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why'd the companions get so hyped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** hype · **To what, where:** companions

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» 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/2059-pg976-part18/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t9:1
# text = why'd the companions get so hyped?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hyped	hype	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hype** | present · passive |  | the companions |  |  |  |  | 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}

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they loved the cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = they loved the cow
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | they | the cow |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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they wanted Cadmus as king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = they wanted Cadmus as king
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | Cadmus |  |  |  | as king | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cadmus=Theme as king=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they were bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = they were bored
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they wanted a big feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = they wanted a big feast
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | a big feast |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot feast=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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