--- title: «she's well stuck up, never says a word to us». Which is more likely? — Lily, the calm «princess» · tree and pragmatics description: «she's well stuck up, never says a word to us». Which is more likely? Test 3 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Lily, the calm «princess»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/) / t3 # Test 3 · Lily, the calm «princess» «she's well stuck up, never says a word to us». Which is more likely? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** stick up, not say, be · **To what, where:** word, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» of the everyday 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/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «she's well stuck up, never says a word to us». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:1 # text = «she's well stuck up, never says a word to us». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** *in a quote* | present · passive | she | | | | | well *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | a word | us | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to we=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is more likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:2 # text = Which is more likely? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She's shy and needs a chance ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:o1:1 # text = She's shy and needs a chance 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | shy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | She *not said here* | a chance | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chance=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She's planning something sneaky ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:o2:1 # text = She's planning something sneaky 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 planning plan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | present · progressive | She | something | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} She thinks she's better than everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:o3:1 # text = She thinks she's better than everyone 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 ccomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | than everyone; good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She can't speak any English yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t3:o4:1 # text = She can't speak any English yet 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | can | She | any English | | | yet | | tree rules | **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. 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