--- title: did the cat actually save him? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics description: did the cat actually save him? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/t7/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi… did the cat actually save him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** cat This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t7:1 # text = did the cat actually save him? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past · do-support | | cat | | | | actually *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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, it batted the trap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t7:o1:1 # text = yeah, it batted the trap 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 batted bat 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 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bat** | past | it | the trap | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, it sniffed the trap and walked off, sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t7:o2:1 # text = nah, it sniffed the trap and walked off, sound 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sniffed sniff 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 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | it | the trap | | | | sound *obl* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Theme | | 2 | **walk off** | past | | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, it batted the trap till the wires broke, sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t7:o3:1 # text = yeah, it batted the trap till the wires broke, sound 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 batted bat 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 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bat** | past | it | the trap | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Patient | | 2 | **break** | past | the wires | sound | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sound=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, it pawed the trap till the wires snapped, sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, it pawed the trap till the wires snapped, sound 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pawed paw 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 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paw** | past | it | the trap | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Patient | | 2 | **snap** | past | the wires | sound | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=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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