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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Tom and Jerry: do real cats really cha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hunting conduct of the domestic cat. Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hunting conduct of the domestic cat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, conduct · **To what, where:** response, hunting conduct, domestic cat

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hunting conduct of the domestic cat.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the hunting conduct of the domestic cat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | the domestic cat |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It hunts exclusively in the company of other cats of the same household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e3:o1:1
# text = It hunts exclusively in the company of other cats of the same household
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | It |  |  | the company of other cats of the same household |  | exclusively *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in company=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It approaches its prey silently, with claws retracted, before pouncing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e3:o2:1
# text = It approaches its prey silently, with claws retracted, before pouncing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	approaches	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	retracted	retract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pouncing	pounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | present | It | its prey |  |  |  | with claws; silently *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prey=Theme with claw=Instrument |
| 2 | **retract** | participle |  | claws *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pounce** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It abstains from hunting on every occasion once it has been adequately fed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e3:o3:1
# text = It abstains from hunting on every occasion once it has been adequately fed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abstains	abstain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	adequately	adequately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  | every occasion |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on occasion=Location |
| 3 | **feed** | present · perfect · passive |  | occasion |  |  |  | adequately *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It pursues its prey noisily in order to induce panic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:e3:o4:1
# text = It pursues its prey noisily in order to induce panic
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pursues	pursue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	noisily	noisily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | present | It | its prey |  | order |  | noisily *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prey=Theme in order=Trajectory |
| 2 | **induce** | to-infinitive |  | panic |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panic=Patient |

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