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title: so what did the mouse want a sip of at the christening? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the mouse want a sip of at the christening? Test 3 · ★ 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 of each o
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what did the mouse want a sip of at the christening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mouse · **What happens:** want, sip · **To what, where:** sip, christening

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t3:1
# text = so what did the mouse want a sip of at the christening?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sip	sip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the mouse | a sip of the christening |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme sip=Attribute |
| 2 | **sip** |  |  | the christening |  |  |  |  | nom sip «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sweet red christening wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t3:o1:1
# text = sweet red christening wine
1	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the warm red wine that the priest had poured for the guests at the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t3:o2:1
# text = the warm red wine that the priest had poured for the guests at the feast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past · perfect | the priest | the warm red wine |  | the feast |  | for the guests | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Patient for guest=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a glass of fresh milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t3:o3:1
# text = a glass of fresh milk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a big cup of the sweet red christening wine from the priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t3:o4:1
# text = a big cup of the sweet red christening wine from the priest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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