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title: Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats. What… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats. What should we say today? Test 5 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats. What should we say today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kipling, three proper Men, we · **What happens:** say, throw · **To what, where:** things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:1
# text = Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats.
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
9	throw	throw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kipling |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **throw** | present | three proper Men out five | things |  |  |  | at cats | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at cat=Destination |

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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:* What should we say today?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:2
# text = What should we say today?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | we |  |  |  | today |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It's a good old rule, because cats who don't catch mice deserve a fright now and then

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:o1:1
# text = It's a good old rule, because cats who don't catch mice deserve a fright now and then
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a good old rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | present · do-support | cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deserve** | present | mice | a fright |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's the law to throw boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:o2:1
# text = It's the law to throw boots
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the law |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | to-infinitive |  | boots |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |

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

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It's cruel and wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:o3:1
# text = It's cruel and wrong
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t5:o4:1
# text = Only on Sundays
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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