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title: lowkey gutted for the country mouse, right? what did the town mouse… — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey gutted for the country mouse, right? what did the town mouse promise him Test 3 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

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lowkey gutted for the country mouse, right? what did the town mouse promise him

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town mouse · **What happens:** gut, promise · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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/145-pg11339-part15/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t3:1
# text = lowkey gutted for the country mouse, right? what did the town mouse promise him
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle | the town mouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the country mouse; lowkey *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | the town mouse |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal he=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to live on the fat of the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t3:o1:1
# text = to live on the fat of the land
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the fat of the land |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fat=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to give him all the best food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t3:o2:1
# text = to give him all the best food
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | all best food | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to visit loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t3:o3:1
# text = to visit loads
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | loads |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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to feed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t3:o4:1
# text = to feed him
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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