--- title: Which garment did the Thief retain in his possession after his depar… — Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which garment did the Thief retain in his possession after his departure from the inn? Exam question 4 of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/e4/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house… Which garment did the Thief retain in his possession after his departure from the inn? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** garment, Thief · **What happens:** do, retain, possess, depart · **To what, where:** Thief, possession This is exam question 4 of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/397-pg21-part18/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:e4:1 # text = Which garment did the Thief retain in his possession after his departure from the inn? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 retain retain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which garment | the Thief | | garment's possession | after garment's departure | from the inn | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | | 2 | **retain** | present | the Thief *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **possess** | | garment | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **depart** | | garment | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} a cloak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:e4:o1:1 # text = a cloak 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} his purse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:e4:o2:1 # text = his purse 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Innkeeper's new coat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:e4:o3:1 # text = the Innkeeper's new coat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Innkeeper Innkeeper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Innkeeper's old hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:e4:o4:1 # text = the Innkeeper's old hat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Innkeeper Innkeeper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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