--- title: so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock? — Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, p… · tree and pragmatics description: so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/t12/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l… so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** get, pick · **To what, where:** shelter, lock This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» 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/172-pg128-part12/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t12:1 # text = so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock? 1 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | they | | | the shelter | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into shelter=Destination | | 2 | **pick** | past · do-support | they | the lock | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=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} they bribed the doorman with a large silver coin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t12:o1:1 # text = they bribed the doorman with a large silver coin 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bribed bribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 doorman doorman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bribe** | past | they | the doorman | | | | with a large silver coin | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doorman=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} they picked the lock quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t12:o2:1 # text = they picked the lock quietly 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | they | the lock | | | | quietly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they knocked and asked nicely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t12:o3:1 # text = they knocked and asked nicely 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | past | they | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | they *not said here* | | | | | nicely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} they broke down the wooden door with their shoulders ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t12:o4:1 # text = they broke down the wooden door with their shoulders 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break down** | past | they | the wooden door | | | | with their shoulders | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with shoulder=Instrument | **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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