--- title: What's the cat thing, like what was the cure? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the cat thing, like what was the cure? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/t4/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:… What's the cat thing, like what was the cure? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat thing · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cat thing This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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/175-pg128-part15/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t4:1 # text = What's the cat thing, like what was the cure? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the cat thing and the cure | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the cat thing and the cure | | | | | like the cure | 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} Burn the hairs of a black cat in the bath every morning for a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t4:o1:1 # text = Burn the hairs of a black cat in the bath every morning for a week 1 Burn burn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hairs of a black cat | | the bath | morning; week | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fed the cat to the princess and then burned his tail feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t4:o2:1 # text = Fed the cat to the princess and then burned his tail feathers 1 Fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | | the cat | the princess | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cat=Theme to princess=Recipient | | 2 | **burn** | past | | cat's tail feathers | | | then | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent feather=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Seven white hairs burned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t4:o3:1 # text = Seven white hairs burned 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | participle | | Seven white hairs *not said here* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Rubbed with cat's milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t4:o4:1 # text = Rubbed with cat's milk 1 Rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | participle | | | | | | with cat's milk | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with milk=Theme | **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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