--- title: So the cat's story was just a load of lies, right? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the… · tree and pragmatics description: So the cat's story was just a load of lies, right? Test 13 · ★ 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 dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1677-pg640-part1/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnershi… So the cat's story was just a load of lies, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** load This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t13:1 # text = So the cat's story was just a load of lies, right? 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the cat's story | a load | | | | of lies | 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} Yeah, all made up, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, all made up, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle · passive | | all | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, total porky pies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t13:o2:1 # text = Yeah, total porky pies 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 porky porky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pies pie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, lies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, lies 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, true ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1677-pg640-part1:t13:o4:1 # text = Nah, true 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` 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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