--- title: What circumstance caused the two Mice to abandon their first repast? — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What circumstance caused the two Mice to abandon their first repast? Exam question 2 of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/400-pg21-part21/e2/) [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 Town Mouse and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/400-pg21-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co… What circumstance caused the two Mice to abandon their first repast? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** circumstance · **What happens:** cause, abandon · **To what, where:** two Mice, first repast This is exam question 2 of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» 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/400-pg21-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e2:1 # text = What circumstance caused the two Mice to abandon their first repast? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | what circumstance | the two Mice | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mouse=Patient | | 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | what circumstance *not said here* | Mice's first repast | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme repast=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The unexpected opening of the door by another party ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = The unexpected opening of the door by another party 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The sudden arrival of a hungry cat at the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = The sudden arrival of a hungry cat at the table 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | | a hungry cat | | | the table | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent at=place | ### Option 3 {#o3} The unexpected opening of the door by another party, who then shut the cupboard and left the room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = The unexpected opening of the door by another party, who then shut the cupboard and left the room 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past | the unexpected opening of the door by another party | the cupboard | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cupboard=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | the unexpected opening of the door by another party *not said here* | the room | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Someone knocked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = Someone knocked 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | past | Someone | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | **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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