--- title: Which proud animal was noticed by the royal Cat in the procession de… — Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which proud animal was noticed by the royal Cat in the procession described? Exam question 4 of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/365-pg19994-part4/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/365-pg19994-part4/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Cran… Which proud animal was noticed by the royal Cat in the procession described? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** royal Cat · **What happens:** notice, describe · **To what, where:** proud animal, royal Cat This is exam question 4 of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» 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/365-pg19994-part4/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:e4:1 # text = Which proud animal was noticed by the royal Cat in the procession described? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 2 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past · passive | the royal Cat in the procession | which proud animal | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **describe** | participle | | the royal Cat in the procession *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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 proud Rat who was showing off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:e4:o1:1 # text = the proud Rat who was showing off 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show off** | past · progressive | the proud Rat | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} the Snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:e4:o2:1 # text = the Snake 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:e4:o3:1 # text = the Rat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a Mole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:e4:o4:1 # text = a Mole 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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