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title: Which object did the youth deliberately leave upon the road to misle… — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the youth deliberately leave upon the road to mislead the man? Exam question 4 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

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Which object did the youth deliberately leave upon the road to mislead the man?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, leave, mislead · **To what, where:** youth, road, man

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1519-pg540-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e4:1
# text = Which object did the youth deliberately leave upon the road to mislead the man?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	mislead	mislead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the youth |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | present | which object *not said here* |  |  | the road |  | deliberately *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent upon road=Location |
| 3 | **mislead** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the man |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shoe fitted with a silver buckle and a bell so the man would hear it

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = a shoe fitted with a silver buckle and a bell so the man would hear it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buckle	buckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle | a shoe |  |  |  |  | with a silver buckle and a bell | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | would | the man | shoe |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shoe fitted with a silver buckle that he had taken from the old woman's chest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = a shoe fitted with a silver buckle that he had taken from the old woman's chest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buckle	buckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle |  | a shoe *not said here* |  |  |  | with a silver buckle | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | past · perfect | he | a silver buckle *not said here* |  | the old woman's chest |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent buckle=Theme from chest=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shoe fitted with a silver buckle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = a shoe fitted with a silver buckle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buckle	buckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle |  | a shoe *not said here* |  |  |  | with a silver buckle | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a boot decorated with copper studs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = a boot decorated with copper studs
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	studs	stud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  | a boot *not said here* |  |  |  | with copper studs | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stud=Theme |

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