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title: Honestly, the cat's job for the queen was dead important, yeah? — Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reind… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honestly, the cat's job for the queen was dead important, yeah? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 11 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honestly, the cat's job for the queen was dead important, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** job, cat · **What happens:** be, job

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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/1244-pg3282-part45/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t11:1
# text = Honestly, the cat's job for the queen was dead important, yeah?
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cat's job for the queen |  |  |  |  | important *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | the cat |  |  |  |  | for the queen | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She rode to the town to buy some medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t11:o1:1
# text = She rode to the town to buy some medicine
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | She |  |  | the town |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to town=Trajectory |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | some medicine |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She went to the forest to ask a fairy for help, and then she brought back a magic herb to cure the baby

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t11:o2:1
# text = She went to the forest to ask a fairy for help, and then she brought back a magic herb to cure the baby
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  | a fairy |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient |
| 3 | **bring back** | past | fairy | a magic herb |  |  | then |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent herb=Theme |
| 4 | **cure** | to-infinitive | fairy *not said here* | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer baby=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She travelled to the mill to find a cure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t11:o3:1
# text = She travelled to the mill to find a cure
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | She |  |  | the mill |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to mill=Destination |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a cure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She went to the forest to ask a fairy for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t11:o4:1
# text = She went to the forest to ask a fairy for help
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  | a fairy |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient |

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