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title: What was the mouse's conclusion regarding the cat's conduct? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the mouse's conclusion regarding the cat's conduct? Exam question 4 of lesson 736 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat…

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What was the mouse's conclusion regarding the cat's conduct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conclusion, mouse, cat · **What happens:** be, regard, conclude, conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 736 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse» 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/736-pg2591-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:e4:1
# text = What was the mouse's conclusion regarding the cat's conduct?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the mouse's conclusion regard the cat's conduct |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conclude** |  | the mouse |  |  |  |  | regard the cat's conduct | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she had devoured all the fat and then blamed the poor mouse for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = she had devoured all the fat and then blamed the poor mouse for it
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | past · perfect · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blame** | past |  | the poor mouse |  |  | then | for mouse | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme for it=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that the cat had secretly devoured every drop of the fat while the mouse slept

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = that the cat had secretly devoured every drop of the fat while the mouse slept
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | past · perfect | the cat | every drop of the fat |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the mouse |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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she had devoured all the fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = she had devoured all the fat
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | past · perfect · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she had hidden all the fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = she had hidden all the fat
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect | she | all fat |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |

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