--- title: Wait, the Cat on the doorstep, what's he dressed up as? — Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the Cat on the doorstep, what's he dressed up as? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/371-pg19994-part10/t13/) [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 for Children, The Cat and the Bi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/371-pg19994-part10/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin… Wait, the Cat on the doorstep, what's he dressed up as? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Cat · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** Cat, doorstep This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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/371-pg19994-part10/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t13:1 # text = Wait, the Cat on the doorstep, what's he dressed up as? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doorstep doorstep NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Cat | | the doorstep | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on doorstep=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | Cat | | | | | dress *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A doctor, complete with a bag of herbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t13:o1:1 # text = A doctor, complete with a bag of herbs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A famous doctor from the big city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t13:o2:1 # text = A famous doctor from the big city 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A priest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t13:o3:1 # text = A priest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A doctor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t13:o4:1 # text = A doctor 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor 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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