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title: Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, witches · **What happens:** do, turn · **To what, where:** wee thief

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» 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/1517-pg540-part14/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t2:1
# text = Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	dae	dae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	intae	intae	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the wee thief |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the witches |  |  |  |  | intae a hare | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He chased the hare roon the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t2:o1:1
# text = He chased the hare roon the tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	roon	roon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | He | the hare roon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept his cool and didnae attack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t2:o2:1
# text = He kept his cool and didnae attack
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	didnae	didnae	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | his cool attack |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme |
| 2 | **attack** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He kept his cool an' didnae attack, but hid in the tree an' waited

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t2:o3:1
# text = He kept his cool an' didnae attack, but hid in the tree an' waited
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
7	didnae	didnae	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
17	waited	wait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | a didnae attack |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the tree |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | participle · passive |  | an |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He panicked, dropped his bag o gold, an' ran hame tae his mammy doon the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t2:o4:1
# text = He panicked, dropped his bag o gold, an' ran hame tae his mammy doon the road
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	panicked	panic	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	hame	hame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mammy	mammy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	doon	doon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drop** | past | He *not said here* | his bag |  |  |  | of gold | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme of gold=Destination |
| 3 | **run** | past | He *not said here* | hame |  |  |  | tae his mammy; doon the road | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hame=Trajectory |

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