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title: bruv his uncles just grabbed the hide, that's messed up — Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv his uncles just grabbed the hide, that's messed up Test 2 · ★ of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

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bruv his uncles just grabbed the hide, that's messed up

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** grab, mess up · **To what, where:** hide, that

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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/513-pg22381-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t2:1
# text = bruv his uncles just grabbed the hide, that's messed up
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	messed	mess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | bruv and his uncles | the hide |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |
| 2 | **mess up** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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nah, they were just being polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = nah, they were just being polite
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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they earned it, the hunt was theirs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = they earned it, the hunt was theirs
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	earned	earn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	theirs	their	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | past | they | it |  |  |  | the hunt *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | theirs *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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proper cheeky, they wanted the spoil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = proper cheeky, they wanted the spoil
1	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | the spoil |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spoil=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they're fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = they're fine
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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