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title: fam, what can the rat do that the wall can't? — Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's D… · tree and pragmatics
description: fam, what can the rat do that the wall can't? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» 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 wron
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# Test 5 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats se…

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fam, what can the rat do that the wall can't?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fam · **What happens:** rat, do

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» 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/1227-pg3282-part28/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:t5:1
# text = fam, what can the rat do that the wall can't?
1	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rat** | can | fam and the rat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | fam and the rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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chew a hole right through the solid stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:t5:o1:1
# text = chew a hole right through the solid stone
1	chew	chew	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hole |  | the solid stone |  | right *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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reduce it to powder and sand very quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:t5:o2:1
# text = reduce it to powder and sand very quickly
1	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	powder	powder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Causer it=Patient clause=Goal |
| 2 | **powder** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dig under the stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:t5:o3:1
# text = dig under the stone
1	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the stone |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under stone=Location |

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

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gnaw right through it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:t5:o4:1
# text = gnaw right through it
1	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gnaw** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | right *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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