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title: Identify the occurrence which caused the Woman to utter a third word… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the occurrence which caused the Woman to utter a third word in praise of the Cat. Exam question 1 of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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Identify the occurrence which caused the Woman to utter a third word in praise of the Cat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, occurrence, Woman · **What happens:** identify, cause, utter, praise · **To what, where:** occurrence, Woman, third word, praise, Cat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» 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/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:e1:1
# text = Identify the occurrence which caused the Woman to utter a third word in praise of the Cat.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	utter	utter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the occurrence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occurrence=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | past | the occurrence | the Woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the Woman *not said here* | a third word |  | praise of the Cat |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 4 | **praise** |  |  | the Cat |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication 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}

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The swift capture of a mouse which had alarmed her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:e1:o1:1
# text = The swift capture of a mouse which had alarmed her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	swift	swift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	alarmed	alarm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alarm** | past · perfect · passive |  | the swift capture of a mouse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result |
| 2 | **capture** |  |  | a mouse |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Cat's singing to the Baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:e1:o2:1
# text = The Cat's singing to the Baby
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Baby	Baby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  | the Baby |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to baby=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Cat's playing with the spindle whorl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:e1:o3:1
# text = The Cat's playing with the spindle whorl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	whorl	whorl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the spindle whorl | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with whorl=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Bat's report

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:e1:o4:1
# text = The Bat's report
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bat	Bat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** |  | the Bat |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «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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