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title: test: so the cat and dog just waited around? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: so the cat and dog just waited around? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
test: so the cat and dog just waited around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** wait around · **To what, where:** test

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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/1833-pg7128-part17/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t11:1
# text = test: so the cat and dog just waited around?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait around** | past | the cat and dog | test |  |  |  | around *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cat fetched grub from houses while the dog guarded the gate all day

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, cat fetched grub from houses while the dog guarded the gate all day
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **guard** | past | cat fetched grub from houses | the gate |  |  | day |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the dog chased the cat away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, the dog chased the cat away
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase away** | past | the dog | the cat |  |  |  | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cat fetched grub from houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, cat fetched grub from houses
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, cat and dog went off on their own and came back later with food

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t11:o4:1
# text = nah, cat and dog went off on their own and came back later with food
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | cat and dog |  |  | cat's own |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
| 2 | **come back** | past | cat and dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with food; late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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