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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose…

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Bro, so the butterfly ghosted the pea-blossom's sis just cause she had a long face, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, butterfly · **What happens:** ghost, have · **To what, where:** sis, long face

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» 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/808-pg27200-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t1:1
# text = Bro, so the butterfly ghosted the pea-blossom's sis just cause she had a long face, right?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ghosted	ghost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	pea	pea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	blossom	blossom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ghost** | past | Bro | the pea blossom's sis |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location sis=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | butterfly | a long face |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face, and then took forever to pick someone else

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face, and then took forever to pick someone else
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bailed	bail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	else	else	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bail** | past | he | cause of her sad face |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cause=Source |
| 2 | **take** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then | forever *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pick** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |
| 4 | **cause** |  |  | her sad face |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he just liked her sister more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, he just liked her sister more
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | he | her sister |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sister=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bailed	bail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bail** | past | he | cause of her sad face |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cause=Source |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | her sad face |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face and her long, grumpy mood at the garden gate

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he bailed 'cause of her sad face and her long, grumpy mood at the garden gate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bailed	bail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bail** | past | he | cause of her sad face and her long grumpy mood |  | the garden gate |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cause=Source |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | her sad face and her long grumpy mood |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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