--- title: lol the beetle said the world was abominable, what's that mean? — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics description: lol the beetle said the world was abominable, what's that mean? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/799-pg27200-part10/t12/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/799-pg27200-part10/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h… lol the beetle said the world was abominable, what's that mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beetle, world, that · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» 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/799-pg27200-part10/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t12:1 # text = lol the beetle said the world was abominable, what's that mean? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 abominable abominable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 13 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the beetle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the world | | | | | abominable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} it means kind of gross and sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t12:o1:1 # text = it means kind of gross and sad 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gross gross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | kind of gross | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} it means really horrible and rotten, like the whole world was a big mess to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t12:o2:1 # text = it means really horrible and rotten, like the whole world was a big mess to him 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | horrible *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the whole world | | him *= he* | | | like a big mess | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} it means really horrible and rotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t12:o3:1 # text = it means really horrible and rotten 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | horrible *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} it means really nice and clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t12:o4:1 # text = it means really nice and clean 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | **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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