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title: Bruv, what made Pulcinella laugh when he was gutted? — Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what made Pulcinella laugh when he was gutted? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 905 «Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcinella, part 2: the clown mourns Columbine» 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 ri
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# Test 2 · ★ · Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcinella, part 2: the clo…

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Bruv, what made Pulcinella laugh when he was gutted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pulcinella · **What happens:** make, laugh, gut · **To what, where:** Pulcinella

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 905 «Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcinella, part 2: the clown mourns Columbine» 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/905-pg27200-part116/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:905-pg27200-part116:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what made Pulcinella laugh when he was gutted?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Pulcinella	Pulcinella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | Pulcinella |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | Pulcinella *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **gut** | past · passive |  | Pulcinella |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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Columbine kissing a stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:905-pg27200-part116:t2:o1:1
# text = Columbine kissing a stranger
1	Columbine	Columbine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | gerund | Columbine | a stranger |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Columbine whispering she would marry the Turk tomorrow morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:905-pg27200-part116:t2:o2:1
# text = Columbine whispering she would marry the Turk tomorrow morning
1	Columbine	Columbine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Turk	Turk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | Columbine |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** | would | Columbine |  |  |  | morning |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Turk's pipe and a sudden bell from the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:905-pg27200-part116:t2:o3:1
# text = the Turk's pipe and a sudden bell from the tower
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Turk	Turk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Columbine saying he was in love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:905-pg27200-part116:t2:o4:1
# text = Columbine saying he was in love
1	Columbine	Columbine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Columbine |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Columbine |  |  | love |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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