--- title: Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? What di… — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,… · tree and pragmatics description: Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? What did the cook do? Test 6 · ★ 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 t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs… Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? What did the cook do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dog · **What happens:** think, eat, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:1 # text = Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? 1 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Dog at the posh dinner | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | would | Dog | | | | | like a beast | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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. *Sentence 2:* What did the cook do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:2 # text = What did the cook do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} chucked him out the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:o1:1 # text = chucked him out the window 1 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck out** | past | | the window | him *= he* | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} locked him in the cellar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:o2:1 # text = locked him in the cellar 1 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past | | him *= he* | | the cellar | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} sent him off the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:o3:1 # text = sent him off the roof 1 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | him *= he* | | the roof | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme off roof=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} chucked him out the window and into the mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t6:o4:1 # text = chucked him out the window and into the mud 1 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck out** | past | | the window and the mud | him *= he* | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=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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