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Test 13 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t13/) [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/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t… Looking back: Pau Amma the Crab also refused to be obedient at the start. What did he say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pau · **What happens:** look back, refuse, not be, say · **To what, where:** Pau, start · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Looking back: Pau Amma the Crab also refused to be obedient at the start. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:1 # text = Looking back: Pau Amma the Crab also refused to be obedient at the start. 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 Amma Amma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | Pau | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the start | | obedient *property* | tree rules | 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:* What did he say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:2 # text = What did he say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Pau | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He would never obey the son of Adam ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:o1:1 # text = He would never obey the son of Adam 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **obey** | would | He | the son of Adam | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He would never serve the Woman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:o2:1 # text = He would never serve the Woman 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **serve** | would | He | the Woman | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} I will not ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:o3:1 # text = I will not 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} He would obey the son of Adam ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t13:o4:1 # text = He would obey the son of Adam 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | would | He | the son of Adam | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | **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. 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