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description: It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave. Select the response most consistent with his subsequent conduct. Exam question 3 of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

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It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave. Select the response most consistent with his subsequent conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cat, you · **What happens:** give, follow, select, conduct · **To what, where:** It, animal, Cave, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:1
# text = It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | past | the Cat | each animal |  | the Cave |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to cave=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response most consistent with his subsequent conduct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:2
# text = Select the response most consistent with his subsequent conduct.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | Cat |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He returned alone to the Woods and informed nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:o1:1
# text = He returned alone to the Woods and informed nobody
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Woods	Woods	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the Woods *result*; alone *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to woods=Result |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle | He *not said here* |  | nobody |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He returned alone to the Cave and informed the Woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:o2:1
# text = He returned alone to the Cave and informed the Woman
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	informed	inform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the Cave *result*; alone *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cave=Result |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* |  | the Woman |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He stayed by the Cave and told the Woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:o3:1
# text = He stayed by the Cave and told the Woman
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  |  |  | by the Cave | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by cave=Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  | the Woman |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He returned alone to the Woods, informed nobody, and then went straight back to make his own bargain with the Woman

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:e3:o4:1
# text = He returned alone to the Woods, informed nobody, and then went straight back to make his own bargain with the Woman
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Woods	Woods	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the Woods *result*; alone *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to woods=Result |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle |  | the Woods *not said here* | nobody |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |
| 3 | **go** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his own bargain |  |  |  | with the Woman | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product |
| 5 | **bargain** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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