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# Exam question 1 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dietary preferences of the house mouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, prefer · **To what, where:** dietary preferences, house mouse

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/biology/118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dietary preferences of the house mouse?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dietary	dietary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the dietary preferences of the house mouse |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **prefer** |  |  | the house mouse |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It consumes exclusively animal flesh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e1:o1:1
# text = It consumes exclusively animal flesh
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | It | animal flesh |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It prefers seeds, grain, nuts and sweet foods, and consumes cheese only occasionally

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e1:o2:1
# text = It prefers seeds, grain, nuts and sweet foods, and consumes cheese only occasionally
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	occasionally	occasionally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | It | seeds and grain and nuts and sweet foods |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus |
| 2 | **consume** | present |  | cheese |  |  |  | occasionally *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It subsists principally upon cheese of the variety containing holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e1:o3:1
# text = It subsists principally upon cheese of the variety containing holes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subsist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon cheese of the variety; principally *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund | the variety *not said here* | holes |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It requires no nourishment whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e1:o4:1
# text = It requires no nourishment whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | no nourishment |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nourishment=Precondition |

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