--- title: Looking back: which earlier character also made a clever bargain tha… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: which earlier character also made a clever bargain that ended in a useful gift? Test 12 · ★★ 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, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/t12/) [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/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t… Looking back: which earlier character also made a clever bargain that ended in a useful gift? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clever bargain · **What happens:** look back, character, make, end · **To what, where:** clever bargain, useful gift This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t12:1 # text = Looking back: which earlier character also made a clever bargain that ended in a useful gift? 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 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **character** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | | a clever bargain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product | | 4 | **end** | past | a clever bargain | | | a useful gift | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} The Stranger-man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t12:o1:1 # text = The Stranger-man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Camel, who bargained with the Djinn for three days' rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t12:o2:1 # text = The Camel, who bargained with the Djinn for three days' rest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bargained bargain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Djinn Djinn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bargain** | past | the Camel | | | | | with the Djinn; for days rest | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with djinn=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Painted Jaguar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t12:o3:1 # text = Painted Jaguar 1 Painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 Jaguar Jaguar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | participle | | Jaguar | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jaguar=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Pau Amma, who chose all the gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t12:o4:1 # text = Pau Amma, who chose all the gifts 1 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Amma Amma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | Pau | all gifts | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=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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