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title: Which creature did the Ogre undertake to become, according to the ca… — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature did the Ogre undertake to become, according to the cat's inquiry? Exam question 4 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, w
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th…

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Which creature did the Ogre undertake to become, according to the cat's inquiry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, cat · **What happens:** undertake, become, accord, inquire · **To what, where:** inquiry

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e4:1
# text = Which creature did the Ogre undertake to become, according to the cat's inquiry?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which creature |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | which creature *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund | which creature *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the cat's inquiry *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to inquiry=Goal |
| 4 | **inquire** |  | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | nom inquiry «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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A cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = A cat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = Bat
1	Bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = A snake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = A lion
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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