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title: Dude, was she happy about his big confession? — Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, was she happy about his big confession? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts…

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Dude, was she happy about his big confession?

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

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» 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/953-pg27200-part164/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t2:1
# text = Dude, was she happy about his big confession?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dude |  |  |  |  | about his big confession; happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **confess** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Nope, she was kinda annoyed, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t2:o1:1
# text = Nope, she was kinda annoyed, dude
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | annoyed, kinda *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nope, she went full psycho mad and yelled at him in the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t2:o2:1
# text = Nope, she went full psycho mad and yelled at him in the street
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	psycho	psycho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | full *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the street |  | at him *= he* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, she was kinda thrilled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she was kinda thrilled
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	thrilled	thrill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thrill** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she went full psycho mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t2:o4:1
# text = Nope, she went full psycho mad
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	psycho	psycho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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

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