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title: Yo, so the Cat totally ghosted the Mouse, right? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so the Cat totally ghosted the Mouse, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's…

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Yo, so the Cat totally ghosted the Mouse, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cat · **What happens:** ghost · **To what, where:** Mouse

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» 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/1678-pg640-part2/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:t1:1
# text = Yo, so the Cat totally ghosted the Mouse, right?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ghosted	ghost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ghost** | past | the Cat | the Mouse |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mouse=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yeah, she ate the fat pot, the bread, and then the Mouse the next day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she ate the fat pot, the bread, and then the Mouse the next day
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	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	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | she | the fat pot and the bread |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she ate the fat and then the mouse, right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she ate the fat and then the mouse, right
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | she | the fat and the mouse |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | she | the whole fat pot and the Mouse |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse and the entire barn

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse and the entire barn
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | she | the whole fat pot and the Mouse and the entire barn |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient |

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