--- title: So the cat got the ball back using his tail, yeah? — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: So the cat got the ball back using his tail, yeah? Test 1 · ★ 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 tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t… So the cat got the ball back using his tail, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** get back, use · **To what, where:** ball, tail This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t1:1 # text = So the cat got the ball back using his tail, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past | the cat | the ball | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | | 2 | **use** | gerund | the cat *not said here* | cat's tail | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | 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} Yeah, by swinging from a branch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah, by swinging from a branch 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 swinging swing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | gerund | | | | a branch | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from branch=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, by swinging from the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t1:o2:1 # text = Nah, by swinging from the roof 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 swinging swing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | gerund | | | | the roof | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from roof=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, by climbing a tree top ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, by climbing a tree top 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | gerund | | a tree top | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location top=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, by jumping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t1:o4:1 # text = Yeah, by jumping 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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