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title: Bruv, the cook was proper mean, yeah? What did she threaten him with? — pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, the cook was proper mean, yeah? What did she threaten him with? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 2 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t…

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Bruv, the cook was proper mean, yeah? What did she threaten him with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** be, threaten · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» 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/1462-pg503-part49/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bruv, the cook was proper mean, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:1
# text = Bruv, the cook was proper mean, yeah?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Bruv |  |  |  |  | mean, properly *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What did she threaten him with?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:2
# text = What did she threaten him with?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | Bruv | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer he=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To throw him into the river with the rats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:o1:1
# text = To throw him into the river with the rats
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	throw	throw	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	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | into the river *result*; with the rats | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into river=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To scald him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:o2:1
# text = To scald him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scald	scald	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 | **scald** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To starve him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:o3:1
# text = To starve him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	starve	starve	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 | **starve** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To have him sent to prison for the whole winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t2:o4:1
# text = To have him sent to prison for the whole winter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | infinitive · perfect |  |  |  | prison | winter |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prison=Destination |

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