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title: Did you see the cats with guitars? They were proper mental, bruv! — Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did you see the cats with guitars? They were proper mental, bruv! Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…

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Did you see the cats with guitars? They were proper mental, bruv!

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cats · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** cats

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» 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/1451-pg503-part38/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Did you see the cats with guitars?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:1
# text = Did you see the cats with guitars?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	guitars	guitar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | you | the cats |  |  |  | with guitars | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* They were proper mental, bruv!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:2
# text = They were proper mental, bruv!
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cats *= cat* |  |  |  |  | bruv *vocative*; mental, properly *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nah, the cats just played a boring tune all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, the cats just played a boring tune all night
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the cats | a boring tune |  |  | night |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, the Prince covered his ears and the cats played on, proper mental

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the Prince covered his ears and the cats played on, proper mental
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | the Prince | Prince's ears |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination |
| 2 | **play on** | past | the cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the Prince cried and left the hall, sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the Prince cried and left the hall, sick
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the hall |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, the Prince covered his ears, dead funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1451-pg503-part38:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the Prince covered his ears, dead funny
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | the Prince | Prince's ears |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination |

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