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title: Lol, what did the mice turn into, horses or dogs? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the mice turn into, horses or dogs? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, what did the mice turn into, horses or dogs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mice · **What happens:** do, turn

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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/1429-pg503-part16/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t11:1
# text = Lol, what did the mice turn into, horses or dogs?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	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	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the mice |  |  |  |  | into horses or dogs *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into horse=Result |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, six of them, harnessed to the coach

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t11:o1:1
# text = Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, six of them, harnessed to the coach
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
6	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	harnessed	harness	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harness** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the coach | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to coach=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t11:o2:1
# text = Horses, mouse-coloured dapple-grey
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ponies, dark mouse-coloured bay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t11:o3:1
# text = Ponies, dark mouse-coloured bay
1	Ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Horses, six of them, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, with silver bridles and reins

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t11:o4:1
# text = Horses, six of them, mouse-coloured dapple-grey, with silver bridles and reins
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
10	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bridles	bridle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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