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title: Did the cat get the goldfish, or was she well dozy? — Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabb… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the cat get the goldfish, or was she well dozy? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 273 «Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sn…

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Did the cat get the goldfish, or was she well dozy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** goldfish

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 273 «Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes» 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/273-pg14838-part1/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:t7:1
# text = Did the cat get the goldfish, or was she well dozy?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	dozy	dozy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the cat | the goldfish |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goldfish=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | cat |  |  |  |  | dozy, well *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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She just sat there staring, not moving a whisker at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:t7:o1:1
# text = She just sat there staring, not moving a whisker at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	whisker	whisker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stare** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **move** | gerund | She *not said here* | a whisker |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent whisker=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She stalked the gold-fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:t7:o2:1
# text = She stalked the gold-fish
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stalked	stalk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stalk** | past | She | the gold fish |  |  |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She just sat there staring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:t7:o3:1
# text = She just sat there staring
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stare** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She just sat there staring at the goldfish for ages and ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:t7:o4:1
# text = She just sat there staring at the goldfish for ages and ages
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stare** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages and ages | at the goldfish | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at goldfish=Theme |

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