--- title: What did the cat threaten the mowers with, proper scary? — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the cat threaten the mowers with, proper scary? Test 8 · ★ 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 and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1083-pg29021-part8/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th… What did the cat threaten the mowers with, proper scary? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** threaten · **To what, where:** mowers This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t8:1 # text = What did the cat threaten the mowers with, proper scary? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mowers mower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the cat | the mowers | | | | with proper scary | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer mower=Result | 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} Mince-meat chopping with a great sharp axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t8:o1:1 # text = Mince-meat chopping with a great sharp axe 1 Mince mince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chopping chopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Threat of a club ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t8:o2:1 # text = Threat of a club 1 Threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Mince-meat chopping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t8:o3:1 # text = Mince-meat chopping 1 Mince mince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chopping chopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Chopping with an axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t8:o4:1 # text = Chopping with an axe 1 Chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | gerund | | | | | | with a axe | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with axe=Instrument | **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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