--- title: Looking back: what did the Head Chief do at the end of the picture-l… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what did the Head Chief do at the end of the picture-letter muddle? Test 13 · ★★ 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, with the dep --- [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/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/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t… Looking back: what did the Head Chief do at the end of the picture-letter muddle? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Head Chief · **What happens:** look back, do · **To what, where:** end This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t13:1 # text = Looking back: what did the Head Chief do at the end of the picture-letter muddle? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Head Head PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 muddle muddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | the Head Chief | | | | at the end of the letter muddle | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} He wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t13:o1:1 # text = He wept 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He threw his boots and his stone axe at Taffy and chased her up a tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t13:o2:1 # text = He threw his boots and his stone axe at Taffy and chased her up a tree 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | He | his boots | | Taffy | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boot=Theme at taffy=Destination | | 2 | **chase up** | past | He *not said here* | Taffy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He laughed and called it a great invention ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t13:o3:1 # text = He laughed and called it a great invention 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | He | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t13:o4:1 # text = He left 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | He | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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