--- title: Ngl, the cat was a good mouser, innit? What did she do to the rats? — pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, the cat was a good mouser, innit? What did she do to the rats? Test 4 · ★ 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 an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1462-pg503-part49/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1462-pg503-part49/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t… Ngl, the cat was a good mouser, innit? What did she do to the rats? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be, innit, do · **To what, where:** good mouser This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ngl, the cat was a good mouser, innit? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:1 # text = Ngl, the cat was a good mouser, innit? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 mouser mouser NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Ngl | a good mouser | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did she do to the rats? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:2 # text = What did she do to the rats? 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 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Ngl | | | | | to the rats | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Ate them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:o1:1 # text = Ate them 1 Ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She scared them off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:o2:1 # text = She scared them off 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare off** | past | She | them *= they* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She hunted them down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:o3:1 # text = She hunted them down 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt down** | past | She | them *= they* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She caught every rat and left them all dead on the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t4:o4:1 # text = She caught every rat and left them all dead on the floor 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | She | every rat | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | She *not said here* | them *= they* | | the floor | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme dead=Attribute | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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