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title: bro how did the lion even get the ball?? — pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro how did the lion even get the ball?? Test 1 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 1 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro how did the lion even get the ball??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** ball

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t1:1
# text = bro how did the lion even get the ball??
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support |  | the ball |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He tricked the cat into lending it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t1:o1:1
# text = He tricked the cat into lending it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | He | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |
| 2 | **lend** | gerund | He *not said here* | cat |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He begged and the cat said yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t1:o2:1
# text = He begged and the cat said yes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He tricked the cat into lending it by promising to return it safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t1:o3:1
# text = He tricked the cat into lending it by promising to return it safely
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	promising	promise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | He | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |
| 2 | **lend** | gerund | He *not said here* | cat |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | cat |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He won it in a game of chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t1:o4:1
# text = He won it in a game of chance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | He | it |  | a game of chance |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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