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title: Lowkey, why did the thieves bolt? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the co… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, why did the thieves bolt? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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 wr
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

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Lowkey, why did the thieves bolt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** thieves bolt

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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/119-pg11027-part22/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t2:1
# text = Lowkey, why did the thieves bolt?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey | the thieves bolt |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Eventuality |

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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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Because the thieves had robbed the king and feared the Wild Huntsman was after them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t2:o1:1
# text = Because the thieves had robbed the king and feared the Wild Huntsman was after them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	robbed	rob	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	12	flat	_	_
12	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | past · perfect · passive |  | the thieves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** | past |  | the Wild Huntsman |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huntsman=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | after thieves *= thief* |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They heard the Wild Huntsman coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t2:o2:1
# text = They heard the Wild Huntsman coming
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	5	flat	_	_
5	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | They | the Wild Huntsman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | the Wild Huntsman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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They thought the Wild Huntsman was after them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t2:o3:1
# text = They thought the Wild Huntsman was after them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	5	flat	_	_
5	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | the Wild Huntsman |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot huntsman=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | after them *= they* |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cause they reckoned the Wild Huntsman and his hounds were right behind them on the road

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t2:o4:1
# text = Cause they reckoned the Wild Huntsman and his hounds were right behind them on the road
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	6	flat	_	_
6	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | Cause | the Wild Huntsman |  | the road |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Cause's hounds |  |  |  |  | behind hounds *= hound*; right *property* | tree rules |

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