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title: yo, did the Master Thief really snag the joint right under the Gover… — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the Master Thief really snag the joint right under the Governor's nose? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 1 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the Master Thief really snag the joint right under the Governor's nose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Master Thief · **What happens:** do, snag · **To what, where:** joint, nose

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» 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/1520-pg540-part17/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t1:1
# text = yo, did the Master Thief really snag the joint right under the Governor's nose?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Thief	Thief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	snag	snag	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **snag** | present | the Master Thief | the joint |  | the Governor's nose |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, dude, he bagged it while everyone was chasing some hare, mental

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, dude, he bagged it while everyone was chasing some hare, mental
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bagged	bag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bag** | past | dude | it |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | past · progressive | everyone | some hare |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, dude, totally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, dude, totally
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, dude, he bagged it from the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, dude, he bagged it from the cook
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bagged	bag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bag** | past | dude | it |  | the cook |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he got caught chasing some hare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, he got caught chasing some hare
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund |  | some hare |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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