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title: Whit did the Thief first spot in the vault? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the Thief first spot in the vault? Test 13 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 13 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Whit did the Thief first spot in the vault?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Thief, vault

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t13:1
# text = Whit did the Thief first spot in the vault?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the Thief |  | the vault |  | spot *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A grey old priest by the stair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t13:o1:1
# text = A grey old priest by the stair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stair	stair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A tall black figure at the vault entrance, the bishop's servant, wi a long cloak

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t13:o2:1
# text = A tall black figure at the vault entrance, the bishop's servant, wi a long cloak
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	wi	wi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	18	nsubj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cloak** |  | wi |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tall black man standing in the entrance wi a lamp in his hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t13:o3:1
# text = A tall black man standing in the entrance wi a lamp in his hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | a tall black man *not said here* |  |  | the entrance |  | wi a lamp; in man's hand | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in entrance=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tall black man in the entrance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t13:o4:1
# text = A tall black man in the entrance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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