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title: Lowkey, the ending's kinda sad, right, like a total fail? — Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a but… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, the ending's kinda sad, right, like a total fail? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose…

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Lowkey, the ending's kinda sad, right, like a total fail?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t12:1
# text = Lowkey, the ending's kinda sad, right, like a total fail?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lowkey |  |  |  |  | like a total fail; kinda, sad *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, he gets a happy ending, kinda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, he gets a happy ending, kinda
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | he | a happy ending |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ending=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he stays single and gets pinned up, which is a pretty sad and total fail ending

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he stays single and gets pinned up, which is a pretty sad and total fail ending
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	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	pinned	pin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | he |  |  |  |  | single *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pin up** | present · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | pretty, sad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stays alone and gets stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he stays alone and gets stuck
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	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | he |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stays single and gets pinned up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he stays single and gets pinned up
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	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	pinned	pin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | he |  |  |  |  | single *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pin up** | present · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

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