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# Test 10 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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Looking back: in part 2, what fell when the Woman spoke the first word of praise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** part, Woman · **What happens:** look back, fall, speak, word · **To what, where:** first word, praise · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in part 2, what fell when the Woman spoke the first word of praise?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **fall** | past | part |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Woman | the first word of praise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **word** |  |  | praise |  |  |  |  | nom word «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 {#o1}

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The milk-pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t10:o1:1
# text = The milk-pot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Bat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t10:o2:1
# text = The Bat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The smoke from the fire at the back of the Cave, in clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t10:o3:1
# text = The smoke from the fire at the back of the Cave, in clouds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The horse-skin curtain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t10:o4:1
# text = The horse-skin curtain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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