--- title: Yo, the cat hangs off a peg pretending to be dead, yeah? What's she… — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, the cat hangs off a peg pretending to be dead, yeah? What's she actually after? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/t1/) [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 Cat and the Mice,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs… Yo, the cat hangs off a peg pretending to be dead, yeah? What's she actually after? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat, peg · **What happens:** hang off, pretend, be · **To what, where:** peg This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» 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/394-pg21-part15/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Yo, the cat hangs off a peg pretending to be dead, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:1 # text = Yo, the cat hangs off a peg pretending to be dead, yeah? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 peg peg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 pretending pretend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang off** | present | the cat | a peg | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=Patient | | 2 | **pretend** | gerund | a peg *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | a peg *not said here* | | | | | dead *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. *Sentence 2:* What's she actually after? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:2 # text = What's she actually after? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} getting the mice out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:o1:1 # text = getting the mice out 1 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | gerund | | the mice | | | | out *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} trying to lure the mice out of their holes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:o2:1 # text = trying to lure the mice out of their holes 1 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 lure lure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the mice | | mice's holes | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} eating the mice up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:o3:1 # text = eating the mice up 1 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat up** | gerund | | the mice | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} catching the mouse soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t1:o4:1 # text = catching the mouse soon 1 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | gerund | | the mouse | | | | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | **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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