--- title: What was the response of the court when the captain brought the cat… — Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the response of the court when the captain brought the cat before the king and queen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1968-pg7439-part27/e4/) [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/) / [Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1968-pg7439-part27/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wi… What was the response of the court when the captain brought the cat before the king and queen? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** captain · **What happens:** be, bring · **To what, where:** response, cat This is exam question 4 of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1968-pg7439-part27/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:e4:1 # text = What was the response of the court when the captain brought the cat before the king and queen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the response | | | | of the court | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | the captain | the cat | | | before the king and queen | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme before king=Destination | 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} The king was delighted with the animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:e4:o1:1 # text = The king was delighted with the animal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | with the animal; delighted *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The queen wanted to buy the animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:e4:o2:1 # text = The queen wanted to buy the animal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | the animal | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The queen was afraid to touch the animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:e4:o3:1 # text = The queen was afraid to touch the animal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the queen | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | the animal | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They wanted the cat gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:e4:o4:1 # text = They wanted the cat gone 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | the cat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme | | 2 | **go** | participle | | the cat *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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