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title: bruh the king looked like he was gonna stab someone, right? — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh the king looked like he was gonna stab someone, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…

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bruh the king looked like he was gonna stab someone, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** look, be, stab · **To what, where:** someone

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» 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/2078-pg976-part37/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:t3:1
# text = bruh the king looked like he was gonna stab someone, right?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	gonna	gonna	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
9	stab	stab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  |  | gonna *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stab** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |

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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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yeah he grabbed that big knife and got super mad, like he was ready to stab somebody right there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah he grabbed that big knife and got super mad, like he was ready to stab somebody right there
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	super	super	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	stab	stab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	right	right	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | big knife |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stab** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | somebody |  | there |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent somebody=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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yeah he picked up the blade and got angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah he picked up the blade and got angry
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past | he | the blade |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah he grabbed the knife and got pretty mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah he grabbed the knife and got pretty mad
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | the knife |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mad, pretty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he grabbed that big knife and got mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah he grabbed that big knife and got mad
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | big knife |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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