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title: Did his mum go mental over the news, like? — Andersen's tales, The Golden Treasure:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did his mum go mental over the news, like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 836 «Andersen's tales, The Golden Treasure: Peter learns Charlotte is engaged, becomes famous, and the tale ends as the next one begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Golden Treasure: Peter learns Charlo…

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Did his mum go mental over the news, like?

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

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 836 «Andersen's tales, The Golden Treasure: Peter learns Charlotte is engaged, becomes famous, and the tale ends as the next one begins» 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/836-pg27200-part47/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:836-pg27200-part47:t4:1
# text = Did his mum go mental over the news, like?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | his mum |  |  |  |  | mental *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 had a proper weep and then she made a big fuss about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:836-pg27200-part47:t4:o1:1
# text = She had a proper weep and then she made a big fuss about it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weep	weep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a proper weep |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weep=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | she | a big fuss |  |  | then | about fuss | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She went proper barmy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:836-pg27200-part47:t4:o2:1
# text = She went proper barmy
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	barmy	barmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  |  |  | barmy, properly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She went mental and shouted at the baker's wife for ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:836-pg27200-part47:t4:o3:1
# text = She went mental and shouted at the baker's wife for ages
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | She *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages | at the baker's wife | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient |

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

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She had a proper weep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:836-pg27200-part47:t4:o4:1
# text = She had a proper weep
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weep	weep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a proper weep |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weep=Patient |

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