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title: So at the end, what's Gon spotting, a big cat bullying a little one? — Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So at the end, what's Gon spotting, a big cat bullying a little one? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1612 «Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 13 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma…

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So at the end, what's Gon spotting, a big cat bullying a little one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gon, big cat · **What happens:** spot, bully · **To what, where:** end, little one

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1612 «Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up» 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/1612-pg5615-part1/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:t13:1
# text = So at the end, what's Gon spotting, a big cat bullying a little one?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	Gon	Gon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spotting	spot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	bullying	bully	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | present · progressive | Gon | the end and a big cat |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Destination |
| 2 | **bully** | gerund | a big cat *not said here* | a little one |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary |

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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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A big cat bullying a little one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:t13:o1:1
# text = A big cat bullying a little one
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bullying	bully	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bully** | gerund | a big cat | a little one |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two kittens playing in grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:t13:o2:1
# text = Two kittens playing in grass
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund | Two kittens *not said here* |  |  | grass |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dog chasing a cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:t13:o3:1
# text = A dog chasing a cat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund | a dog *not said here* | a cat |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cat sleeping by the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:t13:o4:1
# text = A cat sleeping by the wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund | a cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the wall | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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