--- title: Ted from Dudley: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to read how the Cat got his na… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: Ted from Dudley: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to read how the Cat got his name First Friend.» (tara-a-bit = see you later) Put it right. Test 15 · ★ 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, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t… Ted from Dudley: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to read how the Cat got his name First Friend.» (tara-a-bit = see you later) Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tara, I, Cat, you · **What happens:** bit, be, read, get, see, put · **To what, where:** name First Friend, you, tara · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ted from Dudley: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to read how the Cat got his name First Friend.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:1 # text = Ted from Dudley: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to read how the Cat got his name First Friend.» 1 Ted Ted PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Dudley Dudley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 tara tara NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 off off ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bit** *in a quote* | | tara | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | off *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **read** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | the Cat | Cat's name First Friend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* (tara-a-bit = see you later) Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:2 # text = (tara-a-bit = see you later) Put it right. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 tara tara NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 = = PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | infinitive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | tara | | | | late, right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Dog and the Cat are both First Friends, and both guard the Cave together every single night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:o1:1 # text = The Dog and the Cat are both First Friends, and both guard the Cave together every single night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 both both ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 Friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 13 guard guard VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 18 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Dog and the Cat | First Friends | | | | both *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **guard** | present | both | the Cave | | | night | together *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Dog is the First Friend; the Cat stays the one who walks by himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:o2:1 # text = The Dog is the First Friend; the Cat stays the one who walks by himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Dog | the First Friend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | present | the Cat | the one | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme one=Location | | 3 | **walk** | present | the one | | | | | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Cat is the First Friend; the Dog walks by himself at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:o3:1 # text = The Cat is the First Friend; the Dog walks by himself at night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Cat | the First Friend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | present | the Dog | the First Friend *not said here* | | | night | by Dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent friend=Theme by himself=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Dog is the First Servant; the Cat is the one who guards the Cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant:t15:o4:1 # text = The Dog is the First Servant; the Cat is the one who guards the Cave 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 Servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 guards guard VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Dog | the First Servant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Cat | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **guard** | present | the one | the Cave | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary | **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; 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