Test 4 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

Did Dermod actually get mad about her being out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, get · To what, where: Dermod

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dermod	Dermod	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	advcl
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 out	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 out	nmod:poss
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 out	cop
9	out	out	ADP	_	5 mad	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Dermod					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dermod=Eventuality
2	get	present						actually, mad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Option 1

Yeah, he went absolutely ballistic and threatened to lock her in the tower for the whole week

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	6 ballistic	advmod
6	ballistic	ballistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 went	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 threatened	cc
8	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 went	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 lock	mark
10	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 threatened	xcomp
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lock	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 tower	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tower	det
14	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lock	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 week	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 week	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 week	amod
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he				ballistic property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	threaten	participle	he not said here					tree rules
3	lock not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	the tower	week		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he laughed it off like it was nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 laughed	compound:prt
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 nothing	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 nothing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nothing	cop
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh off	past	he	it					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	past	it					like nothing	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he just teased her like it was a big joke, then sent her back to bed with a grin on his face

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 teased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 teased	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 teased	advmod
5	teased	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 teased	obj
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 joke	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 joke	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 joke	amod
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sent	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sent	advmod
15	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	acl:relcl
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sent	obj
17	back	back	ADV	_	15 sent	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 bed	case
19	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 grin	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 grin	det
22	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 face	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 face	nmod:poss
25	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past	he	her = she				vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	is a	past	it	a big joke				tree rules
3	send back	past	a big joke not said here	her = she	his face	then	to bed; with a grin	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he just teased her like it was a big joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 teased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 teased	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 teased	advmod
5	teased	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 teased	obj
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 joke	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 joke	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 joke	amod
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teased	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past	he	her = she					vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	is a	past	it	a big joke					tree rules

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