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title: In what location did the Cat advise that the pot of fat be deposited… — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what location did the Cat advise that the pot of fat be deposited for safekeeping? Exam question 2 of lesson 1677 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, part 1: the cat and mouse hide a pot of fat in the church, and the cat secretly eats it» of the books course of Mova's pr
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# Exam question 2 · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnershi…

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In what location did the Cat advise that the pot of fat be deposited for safekeeping?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location · **What happens:** do, deposit · **To what, where:** Cat advise, pot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1677 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, part 1: the cat and mouse hide a pot of fat in the church, and the cat secretly eats it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1677-pg640-part1/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:e2:1
# text = In what location did the Cat advise that the pot of fat be deposited for safekeeping?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	advise	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | location | the Cat advise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deposit** | infinitive · passive |  | the pot of fat |  |  |  | for safekeeping | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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By the north door wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:e2:o1:1
# text = By the north door wall
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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In the church, in a corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:e2:o2:1
# text = In the church, in a corner
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In the belfry of the church, high up beside the bells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:e2:o3:1
# text = In the belfry of the church, high up beside the bells
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	belfry	belfry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Inside the church, hidden in a dusty corner of the vestry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:e2:o4:1
# text = Inside the church, hidden in a dusty corner of the vestry
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	vestry	vestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the church *not said here* |  | a dusty corner of the vestry |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |

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