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title: Did the neighbours reckon Guleesh was acting weird? — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the neighbours reckon Guleesh was acting weird? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 10 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

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Did the neighbours reckon Guleesh was acting weird?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbours · **What happens:** reckon, act · **To what, where:** Guleesh

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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/1985-pg7885-part4/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t10:1
# text = Did the neighbours reckon Guleesh was acting weird?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the neighbours | Guleesh |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent guleesh=Attribute |
| 2 | **act** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, they said he's not the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they said he's not the same
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, they thought he'd gone off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they thought he'd gone off
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go off** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, they reckoned he'd been acting really odd ever since he came back from the bog

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they reckoned he'd been acting really odd ever since he came back from the bog
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
12	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **act** | past · perfect · progressive | he |  |  |  | ever | odd *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come back** | past | he |  |  | the bog |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bog=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, they all said he seemed fine and was just the same lad as always, no bother

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t10:o4:1
# text = Nah, they all said he seemed fine and was just the same lad as always, no bother
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **seem** | past | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | they *not said here* | the same lad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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