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title: Why were the tulips looking well mad? — Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why were the tulips looking well mad? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

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Why were the tulips looking well mad?

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

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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/811-pg27200-part22/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t4:1
# text = Why were the tulips looking well mad?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | the tulips |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Cause the lark ignored them and they were annoyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t4:o1:1
# text = Cause the lark ignored them and they were annoyed
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | the Cause lark | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cause the lark came down to the daisy instead and they were super vexed about it all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t4:o2:1
# text = Cause the lark came down to the daisy instead and they were super vexed about it all day long
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daisy	daisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	super	super	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	vexed	vex	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **come down** | past | the Cause lark |  |  | the daisy |  | down, instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to daisy=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **vex** | past · passive |  | they |  |  | day | about lark; long, super *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cause the lark ignored them completely and went straight to the little daisy in the ditch by the road

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t4:o3:1
# text = Cause the lark ignored them completely and went straight to the little daisy in the ditch by the road
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	daisy	daisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | the Cause lark | them *= they* |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | the Cause lark *not said here* |  |  | the ditch |  | to the little daisy; by the road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to daisy=Initial\_Location |

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

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Cause the lark ignored them and they were vexed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t4:o4:1
# text = Cause the lark ignored them and they were vexed
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	vexed	vex	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive | the lark *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | the lark | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **vex** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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