--- title: Why did the cat say she was going out, like, what was the excuse? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the cat say she was going out, like, what was the excuse? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1677-pg640-part1/t12/) [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/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1677-pg640-part1/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnershi… Why did the cat say she was going out, like, what was the excuse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** say, go out, be · **To what, where:** excuse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t12:1 # text = Why did the cat say she was going out, like, what was the excuse? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 like like INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go out** | past · progressive | cat | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the excuse | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A wedding feast for her brother, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t12:o1:1 # text = A wedding feast for her brother, bruv 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A christening, the cousin's baby, and she needed to be a godmother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t12:o2:1 # text = A christening, the cousin's baby, and she needed to be a godmother 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | a christening and the cousin's baby | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a christening and the cousin's baby *not said here* | a godmother | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A christening, the cousin's baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t12:o3:1 # text = A christening, the cousin's baby 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A birthday party for her cousin's kid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t12:o4:1 # text = A birthday party for her cousin's kid 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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