--- title: Bull got bitten by a mouse, innit. How'd the bull feel? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,… · tree and pragmatics description: Bull got bitten by a mouse, innit. How'd the bull feel? Test 4 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs… Bull got bitten by a mouse, innit. How'd the bull feel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mouse, bull · **What happens:** bite, feel · **To what, where:** Bull This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Bull got bitten by a mouse, innit. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:1 # text = Bull got bitten by a mouse, innit. 1 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past · passive | a mouse and innit | Bull | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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:* How'd the bull feel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:2 # text = How'd the bull feel? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | the bull | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} gutted and confused, having been bitten by a tiny mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:o1:1 # text = gutted and confused, having been bitten by a tiny mouse 1 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | a tiny mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bite** | gerund · perfect · passive | a tiny mouse | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} well upset and not sure what had happened to him at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:o2:1 # text = well upset and not sure what had happened to him at all 1 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | him *= he* | all | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} gutted and well confused ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:o3:1 # text = gutted and well confused 1 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} well cross and fed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t4:o4:1 # text = well cross and fed up 1 well well INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 cross cross VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feed up** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | **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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