--- title: By what stratagem did the cat secure the first rabbit? — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics description: By what stratagem did the cat secure the first rabbit? Exam question 2 of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1083-pg29021-part8/e2/) [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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1083-pg29021-part8/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th… By what stratagem did the cat secure the first rabbit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stratagem, you · **What happens:** do, secure · **To what, where:** cat, first rabbit This is exam question 2 of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» 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/1083-pg29021-part8/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e2:1 # text = By what stratagem did the cat secure the first rabbit? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 stratagem stratagem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 secure secure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | stratagem | the cat | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Eventuality | | 2 | **secure** | imperative | you *not said here* | the first rabbit | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition rabbit=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 {#o1} By playing dead in the sack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e2:o1:1 # text = By playing dead in the sack 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | gerund | | | | the sack | | dead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By feigning death within the bag ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e2:o2:1 # text = By feigning death within the bag 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 feigning feign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feign** | gerund | | death | | | | within the bag | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} By feigning death within the bag and waiting very still for hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e2:o3:1 # text = By feigning death within the bag and waiting very still for hours 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 feigning feign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feign** | gerund | | death | | | | within the bag | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | still; hour | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By feigning death within the bag, after first tricking the miller's family ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e2:o4:1 # text = By feigning death within the bag, after first tricking the miller's family 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 feigning feign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ 10 tricking trick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feign** | gerund | | death | | | | within the bag | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | | 2 | **trick** | gerund | | the miller's family | | | | first *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=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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