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title: ★★★ Counting: «two leather boots and his little stone axe (that make… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Counting: «two leather boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) ... a piece of wood and a hatchet (that is five)». If he threw only the boots and the axe, how many things were left in the row? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third 
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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★★★ Counting: «two leather boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) ... a piece of wood and a hatchet (that is five)». If he threw only the boots and the axe, how many things were left in the row?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, little stone axe, that, axe · **What happens:** count, make, be, throw, leave · **To what, where:** two leather boots, three, five, boots, many things, row · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Counting: «two leather boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) ... a piece of wood and a hatchet (that is five)».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Counting: «two leather boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) ... a piece of wood and a hatchet (that is five)».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
20	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	nsubj	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
31	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund | ★ *not said here* | two leather boots and ★'s little stone axe and a piece of wood and a hatchet |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | ★'s little stone axe | three |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset three=Product |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | five |  |  |  |  | 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:* If he threw only the boots and the axe, how many things were left in the row?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:2
# text = If he threw only the boots and the axe, how many things were left in the row?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | ★ | the boots and the axe |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past · passive | the axe *not said here* | many things |  | the row |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in row=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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None

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:o1:1
# text = None
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:o2:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:o3:1
# text = Five
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t16:o4:1
# text = Three
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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