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title: Did the bogles even notice the lad was there? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the bogles even notice the lad was there? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» of the books course 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

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Did the bogles even notice the lad was there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bogles, lad · **What happens:** notice, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» 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/237-pg14241-part4/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t1:1
# text = Did the bogles even notice the lad was there?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bogles	bogle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past · do-support | the bogles |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the lad |  |  |  |  | there *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah, they were too busy kicking the ball about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, they were too busy kicking the ball about
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	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick** | gerund | they *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  | about *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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no way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t1:o2:1
# text = no way
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they spotted him and waved right away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, they spotted him and waved right away
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	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | they |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination |
| 2 | **wave** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
aye, they kept looking at him the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t1:o4:1
# text = aye, they kept looking at him the whole time
1	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  | time | at him *= he* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=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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