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title: lowkey, how did he handle those cats' claws? — Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, how did he handle those cats' claws? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear…

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lowkey, how did he handle those cats' claws?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** handle · **To what, where:** claws

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» 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/103-pg11027-part6/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t8:1
# text = lowkey, how did he handle those cats' claws?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | past · do-support | lowkey | that cats's claws |  |  |  | lowkey *vocative* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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he let them scratch him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t8:o1:1
# text = he let them scratch him
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	scratch	scratch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scratch** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he trimmed them with scissors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t8:o2:1
# text = he trimmed them with scissors
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | with scissors | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with scissors=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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he screwed their feet to his board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t8:o3:1
# text = he screwed their feet to his board
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	screwed	screw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	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	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **screw** | past | he | their feet |  |  |  | to his board | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient to board=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he gave them a manicure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t8:o4:1
# text = he gave them a manicure
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	manicure	manicure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | a manicure | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient manicure=Theme |

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