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title: Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.» (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right. Test 15 · ★★ 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 cour
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.» (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dog · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** best mate, end, bostin

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:1
# text = Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.»
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Dog | the Cat's best mate |  |  | at the end |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:2
# text = (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
5	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive |  | bostin |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Dog makes milk for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:o1:1
# text = The Dog makes milk for him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the Dog | milk |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent milk=Material for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, they're best mates, and they share the warm white milk and the roast bones every evening

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:o2:1
# text = Right, they're best mates, and they share the warm white milk and the roast bones every evening
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | best mates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | present | mates *= mate* | the warm white milk and the roast bones |  |  | evening |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Dog chases him up a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:o3:1
# text = The Dog chases him up a tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase up** | present | the Dog | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Dog leaves the Cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t15:o4:1
# text = The Dog leaves the Cave
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | the Dog | the Cave |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme |

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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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