--- title: Dude, how did the Shifty Lad even spot the dot, like, was he cheatin… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, how did the Shifty Lad even spot the dot, like, was he cheating with a mirror or what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1279-pg3454-part4/t2/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1279-pg3454-part4/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th… Dude, how did the Shifty Lad even spot the dot, like, was he cheating with a mirror or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Shifty Lad, Dude · **What happens:** spot, cheat · **To what, where:** dot This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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/1279-pg3454-part4/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t2:1 # text = Dude, how did the Shifty Lad even spot the dot, like, was he cheating with a mirror or what? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Shifty shifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Lad Lad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 spot spot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dot dot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 like like INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 cheating cheat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past · do-support | the Shifty Lad | the dot | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dot=Destination | | 2 | **cheat** | past · progressive | Dude | | | | | with a mirror | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a silver mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t2:o1:1 # text = a silver mirror 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t2:o2:1 # text = a pool 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t2:o3:1 # text = a mirror 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a glass window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t2:o4:1 # text = a glass window 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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