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title: Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like "weight in gold", lol? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

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Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like "weight in gold", lol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, clock · **What happens:** do, hide · **To what, where:** you, fair

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» 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/1992-pg7885-part11/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t1:1
# text = Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like "weight in gold", lol?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	Hudden	Hudden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Dudden	dudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flogging	flogging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi | you |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hide** | present | clock and Dudden flogging |  |  | the fair |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at fair=Location |

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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}

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Yeah, bare cheeky, they got battered by the cobbler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, bare cheeky, they got battered by the cobbler
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bare	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	battered	batter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cheeky *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **batter** | past · passive | the cobbler | they |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, bare cheeky, they got robbed by the farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, bare cheeky, they got robbed by the farmer
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bare	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	robbed	rob	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cheeky *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **rob** | past · passive | the farmer | they |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they sold a few hides and then went to the tavern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they sold a few hides and then went to the tavern
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	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | they | a few hides |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the tavern | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they never even got to the fair, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, they never even got to the fair, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | participle | they |  |  |  |  | to the fair and mate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fair=Result |

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