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title: What was on the table at the mansion, then? — Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was on the table at the mansion, then? Test 8 · ★ 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 and of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse:…

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What was on the table at the mansion, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** table

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t8:1
# text = What was on the table at the mansion, then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the table | then | at the mansion | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
leftovers from a massive feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t8:o1:1
# text = leftovers from a massive feast
1	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Remains of a grand dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t8:o2:1
# text = Remains of a grand dinner
1	Remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crumbs from a huge banquet that the Town Mouse's family had eaten earlier

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t8:o3:1
# text = The crumbs from a huge banquet that the Town Mouse's family had eaten earlier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the crumbs from a huge banquet |  |  |  | early *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leftovers from a massive feast laid out by the servants for the guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:t8:o4:1
# text = Leftovers from a massive feast laid out by the servants for the guests
1	Leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay out** | participle | Leftovers from a massive feast |  |  |  |  | by the servants; for the guests | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for guest=Beneficiary |

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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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