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title: Why did Johnnie not trust the mayor, like, at all? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Johnnie not trust the mayor, like, at all? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and…

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Why did Johnnie not trust the mayor, like, at all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Johnnie · **What happens:** not trust · **To what, where:** mayor

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» 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/653-pg23661-part21/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t8:1
# text = Why did Johnnie not trust the mayor, like, at all?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Johnnie	Johnnie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trust** | past · do-support | Johnnie | the mayor |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayor=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Coz the mayor took his dad's forge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = Coz the mayor took his dad's forge
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	forge	forge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the mayor | mayor's dad's forge |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forge=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coz he was dodgy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = Coz he was dodgy
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dodgy	dodgy	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 | he |  |  |  |  | dodgy *property* | tree rules |

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

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Coz the mayor was well dodgy with his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = Coz the mayor was well dodgy with his dad
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mayor |  |  |  |  | with his dad; dodgy, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coz the mayor was well rude to his mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = Coz the mayor was well rude to his mum
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mayor |  |  |  |  | to his mum; rude, well *property* | tree rules |

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