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title: Did the priest keep the wee lass hidden from everybody? — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the priest keep the wee lass hidden from everybody? Test 11 · ★ 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
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# Test 11 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

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Did the priest keep the wee lass hidden from everybody?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** priest · **What happens:** keep, hide · **To what, where:** wee lass, everybody

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t11:1
# text = Did the priest keep the wee lass hidden from everybody?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the priest | the wee lass |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lass=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | the wee lass *not said here* |  | everybody |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from everybody=Beneficiary |

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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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Nah, not at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t11:o1:1
# text = Nah, not at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he kept all the neighbours and visitors away from the house for weeks on end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he kept all the neighbours and visitors away from the house for weeks on end
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | all neighbours and visitors |  |  | on end; week | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme on end=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah, he hid her from folk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he hid her from folk
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he | her *= she* |  | folk |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Patient from folk=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he kept them all away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he kept them all away
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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