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title: ok but why was Rudy so raging about the golden whiskers bloke? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but why was Rudy so raging about the golden whiskers bloke? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

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ok but why was Rudy so raging about the golden whiskers bloke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, rage · **To what, where:** Rudy

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» 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/861-pg27200-part72/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:t4:1
# text = ok but why was Rudy so raging about the golden whiskers bloke?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Rudy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rage** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the golden whiskers bloke | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about bloke=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos the miller had told him off in front of everyone and Babette laughed at it all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:t4:o1:1
# text = cos the miller had told him off in front of everyone and Babette laughed at it all night long
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
15	at	at	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	night	night	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 | **cos off** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | front of everyone |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the miller | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | Babette |  |  | miller | night | long *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos Babette was smiling at the Englishman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:t4:o2:1
# text = cos Babette was smiling at the Englishman
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	_
2	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | past · progressive | Babette |  |  | the Englishman |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos the Englishman stole his hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:t4:o3:1
# text = cos the Englishman stole his hat
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | past | the Englishman | Englishman's hat |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos Babette was loving all his attention, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:t4:o4:1
# text = cos Babette was loving all his attention, innit
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	_
2	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	loving	love	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past · progressive | Babette | Babette's attention |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
| 2 | **attend** |  | Babette |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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