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title: Real talk, where did the cat march when the King's coach came? — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, where did the cat march when the King's coach came? Test 14 · ★ 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 tre
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# Test 14 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th…

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Real talk, where did the cat march when the King's coach came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coach · **What happens:** do, come · **To what, where:** cat march

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This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t14:1
# text = Real talk, where did the cat march when the King's coach came?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the cat march |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent march=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | past | the King's coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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Right on before the King's coach down the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t14:o1:1
# text = Right on before the King's coach down the road
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Off down the lane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t14:o2:1
# text = Off down the lane
1	Off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Right on before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t14:o3:1
# text = Right on before
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Down the road ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t14:o4:1
# text = Down the road ahead
1	Down	down	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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