--- title: Which quality is attributed to cats in the first narrative? — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: Which quality is attributed to cats in the first narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t… Which quality is attributed to cats in the first narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** attribute · **To what, where:** quality, first narrative This is exam question 4 of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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/1247-pg3282-part48/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e4:1 # text = Which quality is attributed to cats in the first narrative? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 attributed attribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attribute** | present · passive | | which quality | | the first narrative | | to cats | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Patience ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e4:o1:1 # text = Patience 1 Patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Great patience and a very clever mind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e4:o2:1 # text = Great patience and a very clever mind 1 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Loyalty to the family that kept them warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e4:o3:1 # text = Loyalty to the family that kept them warm 1 Loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Loyalty to the family | them *= they* | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Courage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e4:o4:1 # text = Courage 1 Courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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