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title: Mason from Toronto: «dogs and cats always fight, eh?» (eh = right?)… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mason from Toronto: «dogs and cats always fight, eh?» (eh = right?) What is true? Test 9 · ★★ 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 depe
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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Mason from Toronto: «dogs and cats always fight, eh?» (eh = right?) What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mason · **What happens:** fight, be

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mason from Toronto: «dogs and cats always fight, eh?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:1
# text = Mason from Toronto: «dogs and cats always fight, eh?»
1	Mason	mason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | present | Mason from Toronto |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* (eh = right?)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:2
# text = (eh = right?)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:o1:1
# 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.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, always and everywhere, because of the old bargain in the Cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, always and everywhere, because of the old bargain in the Cave
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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No: many are good friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:o3:1
# text = No: many are good friends
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | no many good friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only big dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t9:o4:1
# text = Only big dogs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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