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title: Fam, what did the cat threaten the mowers with? — Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fam, what did the cat threaten the mowers with? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the ki…

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Fam, what did the cat threaten the mowers with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** threaten · **To what, where:** Fam

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» 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/1447-pg503-part34/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t6:1
# text = Fam, what did the cat threaten the mowers with?
1	Fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mowers	mower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the cat | Fam |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer mower=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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chopped small like herbs for the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t6:o1:1
# text = chopped small like herbs for the pot
1	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like herbs; for the pot; small *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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chopped small like herbs for the pot and fed to dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t6:o2:1
# text = chopped small like herbs for the pot and fed to dogs
1	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like herbs; for the pot; small *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **feed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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chopped small like herbs for the pot and the king's supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t6:o3:1
# text = chopped small like herbs for the pot and the king's supper
1	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like herbs; for the pot and the king's supper; small *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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chopped like onions for the stew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t6:o4:1
# text = chopped like onions for the stew
1	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like onions; for the stew | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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