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description: Looking back: which earlier story also had a Man who left an idle animal alone and made others work «double-time»? Test 11 · ★ 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, with the depende
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

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Looking back: which earlier story also had a Man who left an idle animal alone and made others work «double-time»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man, others · **What happens:** look back, story, have, leave, make, work · **To what, where:** Man, idle animal, others

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t11:1
# text = Looking back: which earlier story also had a Man who left an idle animal alone and made others work «double-time»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
19	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **story** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past |  | a Man |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 4 | **leave** | past | a Man | a idle animal |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 5 | **make** | past | a Man *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **work** | infinitive | others *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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How the Whale Got His Throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t11:o1:1
# text = How the Whale Got His Throat
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Throat	Throat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Whale | Whale's Throat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Elephant's Child and How the Camel Got His Great Hump Long Ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t11:o2:1
# text = The Elephant's Child and How the Camel Got His Great Hump Long Ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	Hump	Hump	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Long	Long	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
14	Ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Elephant's Child | Camel's Great Hump Long |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer long=Stimulus |

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

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How the Camel Got His Hump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t11:o3:1
# text = How the Camel Got His Hump
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Hump	Hump	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Camel | Camel's Hump |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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How the Cat Got His Name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t11:o4:1
# text = How the Cat Got His Name
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Cat | Cat's Name |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 2 | **name** |  | Cat |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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