--- title: Was the cat a proper legend with them rats? — Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the cat a proper legend with them rats? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1968-pg7439-part27/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wi… Was the cat a proper legend with them rats? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cat This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t12:1 # text = Was the cat a proper legend with them rats? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the cat | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She laid them all dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t12:o1:1 # text = She laid them all dead 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | She | them *= they* | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme dead=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} She caught many mice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t12:o2:1 # text = She caught many mice 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | She | many mice | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She killed most rats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t12:o3:1 # text = She killed most rats 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | She | most rats | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She sat by the fire and let the king's men kill them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1968-pg7439-part27:t12:o4:1 # text = She sat by the fire and let the king's men kill them all 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | She | | | | | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** | present | the king's men | them *= they* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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