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title: So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom? — Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 4 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's t…

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So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** go

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» 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/719-pg2435-part59/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t4:1
# text = So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Lizina's mum |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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She wanted a broom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t4:o1:1
# text = She wanted a broom
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	broom	broom	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 | She | a broom |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot broom=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lizina had said she would marry the cats' cook and move to the cellar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t4:o2:1
# text = Lizina had said she would marry the cats' cook and move to the cellar
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | Lizina |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | would | Lizina | the cats's cook |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Patient |
| 3 | **move** | infinitive | Lizina *not said here* |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to cellar=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Lizina said she'd live with cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t4:o3:1
# text = Lizina said she'd live with cats
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lizina |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | would | Lizina |  |  |  |  | with cats | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with cat=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lizina broke the milk jug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:t4:o4:1
# text = Lizina broke the milk jug
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | Lizina | the milk jug |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jug=Patient |

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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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