--- title: Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was? — Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Oliv… · tree and pragmatics description: Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/221-pg128-part61/t5/) [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, Ali Cogia and the Oliv…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/221-pg128-part61/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child… Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, dosh · **What happens:** sort, not tell, be · **To what, where:** thief · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» 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/221-pg128-part61/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:t5:1 # text = Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was? 1 Ay ay INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 sorted sort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dosh dosh NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** | past · passive | | the thief | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** | past | the dosh | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, he spilled the beans ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:t5:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he spilled the beans 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spilled spill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | past | he | the beans | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bean=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he kept it schtum mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, he kept it schtum mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 schtum schtum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:t5:o3:1 # text = Nah, he didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he grassed on his mates ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:221-pg128-part61:t5:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he grassed on his mates 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grassed grass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grass** | past | he | | | his mates | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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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