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title: Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!» What does «leg it» mean? — The broken window and other hidden acc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!» What does «leg it» mean? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents

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Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!» What does «leg it» mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** leg, Mate · **What happens:** leg, see, mean

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» of the everyday 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/everyday/428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:1
# text = Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!»
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leg** *in a quote* |  | leg |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Mate and leg |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does «leg it» mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:2
# text = What does «leg it» mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | leg |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Kick the ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:o1:1
# text = Kick the ball
1	Kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Run away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:o2:1
# text = Run away
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:o3:1
# text = Stay still
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hide the leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:t1:o4:1
# text = Hide the leg
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the leg |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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