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title: Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

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Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, chuff · **To what, where:** thistle

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t2:1
# text = Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the thistle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chuff** | participle · passive |  | the thistle |  |  |  | about the Scottish girl's flower; well *property* | tree rules |

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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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Yeah, it was proper chuffed and it told everyone in the garden, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it was proper chuffed and it told everyone in the garden, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | it |  | everyone | the garden |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was dead proud, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it was dead proud, bruv
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | bruv *vocative*; proud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was dead chuffed, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it was dead chuffed, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was well narked, mate, cos the girl's flower got all the praise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, it was well narked, mate, cos the girl's flower got all the praise
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	narked	nark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nark** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **co** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | the girl's flower | all praise |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |

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