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title: Who did the ass bump into first, the cat or the hen? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the ass bump into first, the cat or the hen? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 728 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a maiden into a nightingale, and her shepherd lover wins her back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a…

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Who did the ass bump into first, the cat or the hen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** ass bump

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 728 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a maiden into a nightingale, and her shepherd lover wins her back» 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/728-pg2591-part4/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t11:1
# text = Who did the ass bump into first, the cat or the hen?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bump	bump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the ass bump |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bump=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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The hen, who was sat in the road looking proper gutted and cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t11:o1:1
# text = The hen, who was sat in the road looking proper gutted and cross
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · passive |  | the hen |  | the road |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in road=Location |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the hen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gut** | participle | the hen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cross** | infinitive | the hen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hen, perched on the gate there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t11:o2:1
# text = The hen, perched on the gate there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle | the hen |  |  | the gate; there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on gate=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The cat, sat in the road looking gutted and sad as ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t11:o3:1
# text = The cat, sat in the road looking gutted and sad as ever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the cat |  |  | the road |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gut** | participle | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The cat, sat in the road looking gutted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t11:o4:1
# text = The cat, sat in the road looking gutted
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the cat |  |  | the road |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gut** | participle | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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