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title: Oi, that thistle reckoned it'd get shoved in a pot, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, that thistle reckoned it'd get shoved in a pot, yeah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

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Oi, that thistle reckoned it'd get shoved in a pot, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thistle · **What happens:** reckon, shove · **To what, where:** thistle, pot

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t1:1
# text = Oi, that thistle reckoned it'd get shoved in a pot, yeah?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shoved	shove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | that thistle |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **shove** | would · passive |  | thistle |  | a pot |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in pot=Destination |

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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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Yeah, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, course it got shoved in, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, course it got shoved in, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	course	course	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	shoved	shove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | infinitive · passive |  | it |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it never got no pot, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, it never got no pot, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | past | it | no pot and mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pot=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, no pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, no pot
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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