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title: Lol, what happened to the otter and the wild cat? — Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairil… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what happened to the otter and the wild cat? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

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Lol, what happened to the otter and the wild cat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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/1036-pg2892-part4/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t5:1
# text = Lol, what happened to the otter and the wild cat?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	otter	otter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the otter and the wild cat | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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They chased him around and dragged his tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t5:o1:1
# text = They chased him around and dragged his tail
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase around** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  | around *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **drag** | past | They *not said here* | his tail |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hunted him all over, ripped the reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t5:o2:1
# text = They hunted him all over, ripped the reeds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	ripped	rip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  | over *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **rip** | past | They *not said here* | the reeds |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reed=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chased him loads, ripped through the river, and nearly ate him up completely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t5:o3:1
# text = They chased him loads, ripped through the river, and nearly ate him up completely
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ripped	rip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rip** | participle |  | loads *not said here* |  |  |  | through the river | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through river=Patient |
| 3 | **eat up** | past | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | completely, nearly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chased him loads, ripped through the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:t5:o4:1
# text = They chased him loads, ripped through the river
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ripped	rip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rip** | participle |  | loads *not said here* |  |  |  | through the river | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through river=Patient |

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