--- title: How did the Thief fool the guards at the vault? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the Thief fool the guards at the vault? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1517-pg540-part14/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1517-pg540-part14/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,… How did the Thief fool the guards at the vault? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thief · **What happens:** fool · **To what, where:** guards, vault This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» 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/1517-pg540-part14/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t11:1 # text = How did the Thief fool the guards at the vault? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fool** | past · do-support | the Thief | the guards | | the vault | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient | 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} He carried the corpse oot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t11:o1:1 # text = He carried the corpse oot 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | He | the corpse oot | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oot=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He held the dead man up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t11:o2:1 # text = He held the dead man up 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | He | the dead man | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He hid behind him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t11:o3:1 # text = He hid behind him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | He | | | | | behind him *= he* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind he=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He lay doon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t11:o4:1 # text = He lay doon 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 doon doon ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | He | | | | | doon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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