Test 3 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th…

Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: catch · To what, where: them

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 catch	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 catch	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 catch	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catch	nsubj
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catch	obj
9	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	7 catch	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 catch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	would	the cat	them = they				Bruv vocative	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary rabbit=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Played dead with bran in the bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Played	xcomp
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 bran	case
4	bran	bran	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Played	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bag	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	participle				the bag		with bran; dead property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bran=Theme

Option 2

Hid in the barn with oats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hid	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 barn	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barn	det
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hid	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 oats	case
6	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				the barn		with oats	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location

Option 3

Pretended dead with corn inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pretended	xcomp
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 corn	case
4	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pretended	obl
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	1 Pretended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	participle						with corn; dead, inside property	tree rules

Option 4

Played dead with bran in the bag and a rabbit trap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Played	xcomp
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 bran	case
4	bran	bran	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Played	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bag	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Played	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trap	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 trap	det
10	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trap	compound
11	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bag	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	participle				the bag and a rabbit trap		with bran; dead property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bran=Theme

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