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description: Identify the principal reason for which cow's milk is unsuitable for adult domestic cats. Exam question 2 of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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Identify the principal reason for which cow's milk is unsuitable for adult domestic cats.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, milk · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which cow's milk is unsuitable for adult domestic cats.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | which cow's milk | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for adult domestic cats; unsuitable *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cats are incapable of drinking any liquid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e2:o1:1
# text = Cats are incapable of drinking any liquid
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cats |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | Cats *not said here* | any liquid |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Milk is lethal to all mammals after weaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e2:o2:1
# text = Milk is lethal to all mammals after weaning
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lethal	lethal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	weaning	wean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Milk |  |  |  |  | to all mammals; lethal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wean** | gerund | Milk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Milk is excessively cold for feline consumption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e2:o3:1
# text = Milk is excessively cold for feline consumption
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	feline	feline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Milk |  |  |  |  | for feline consumption; cold, excessively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Adult cats lack sufficient quantities of the enzyme that digests milk sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e2:o4:1
# text = Adult cats lack sufficient quantities of the enzyme that digests milk sugar
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	enzyme	enzyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	digests	digest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | Adult cats | sufficient quantities of the enzyme |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **digest** | present | the enzyme | milk sugar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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