--- title: In which direction did the wild cat travel after losing the golden b… — pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, par… · tree and pragmatics description: In which direction did the wild cat travel after losing the golden ball? Exam question 4 of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/e4/) [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/) / [pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal… In which direction did the wild cat travel after losing the golden ball? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wild cat travel · **What happens:** do, lose · **To what, where:** wild cat travel, direction, golden ball This is exam question 4 of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» 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/1246-pg3282-part47/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e4:1 # text = In which direction did the wild cat travel after losing the golden ball? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 travel travel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the wild cat travel | | which direction | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent travel=Eventuality | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | the wild cat travel *not said here* | the golden ball | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Eventuality | 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} North ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e4:o1:1 # text = North 1 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Across the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e4:o2:1 # text = Across the river 1 Across across ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Towards the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e4:o3:1 # text = Towards the north 1 Towards towards ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Towards the north, toward the cold and distant mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e4:o4:1 # text = Towards the north, toward the cold and distant mountains 1 Towards towards ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 toward toward ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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