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title: Where did they kip after their long chat, then? — Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did they kip after their long chat, then? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 363 «Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits her city cousin and flees a cat and dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse:…

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Where did they kip after their long chat, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, their · **What happens:** kip, chat

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 363 «Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits her city cousin and flees a cat and dog» 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/363-pg19994-part2/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t5:1
# text = Where did they kip after their long chat, then?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kip	kip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kip** | past · do-support | they |  |  |  | after their long chat; then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chat** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chat «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a cosy nest in the hedge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t5:o1:1
# text = a cosy nest in the hedge
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soft pile of straw in the corner of the big country barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t5:o2:1
# text = A soft pile of straw in the corner of the big country barn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A warm burrow by the pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t5:o3:1
# text = A warm burrow by the pond
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	burrow	burrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A snug hole in the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t5:o4:1
# text = A snug hole in the wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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