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title: so the man thinks it's a hobgoblin or what? — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the man thinks it's a hobgoblin or what? Test 11 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 11 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

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so the man thinks it's a hobgoblin or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, it · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** hobgoblin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t11:1
# text = so the man thinks it's a hobgoblin or what?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a hobgoblin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hobgoblin or some kind of witchcraft from the old woman's house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t11:o1:1
# text = a hobgoblin or some kind of witchcraft from the old woman's house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hobgoblin or witchcraft or maybe a trick played by the robbers in the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t11:o2:1
# text = a hobgoblin or witchcraft or maybe a trick played by the robbers in the wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | a hobgoblin or witchcraft or a trick *not said here* |  | the wood |  | by the robbers | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a troll or a bogeyman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t11:o3:1
# text = a troll or a bogeyman
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bogeyman	bogeyman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hobgoblin or witchcraft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t11:o4:1
# text = a hobgoblin or witchcraft
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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