--- title: Kipling's Cat «walks by himself». Which real fact matches the story… — The real animals of the Just So Storie… · tree and pragmatics description: Kipling's Cat «walks by himself». Which real fact matches the story best? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/t10/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The real animals of the Just So Storie…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,… Kipling's Cat «walks by himself». Which real fact matches the story best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cat, real fact · **What happens:** walk, match · **To what, where:** story This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» of the biology 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/biology/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kipling's Cat «walks by himself». ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:1 # text = Kipling's Cat «walks by himself». 1 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | Kipling's Cat | | | | | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which real fact matches the story best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:2 # text = Which real fact matches the story best? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 matches match VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **match** | present | real fact | the story best | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Cats tamed themselves by hunting mice and stayed independent ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:o1:1 # text = Cats tamed themselves by hunting mice and stayed independent 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tamed tame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tame** | past | Cats | Cats *= cat* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | Cats *not said here* | mice | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 3 | **stay** | past | Cats *not said here* | | | | | independent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cats will only live with people who give them milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:o2:1 # text = Cats will only live with people who give them milk 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | future | Cats | | | | | with people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location | | 2 | **give** | present | people | milk | Cats *= cat* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient milk=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cats were caught wild and trained like horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:o3:1 # text = Cats were caught wild and trained like horses 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | | Cats | | | | wild *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **train** | participle | | | | | | like horses | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cats were the very first animals that people tamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:t10:o4:1 # text = Cats were the very first animals that people tamed 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tamed tame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Cats | the first animals | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tame** | past | people | the first animals | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient | **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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