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title: «Tom never catches Jerry so cats are rubbish at hunting innit» What… — Tom and Jerry: do real cats really cha… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Tom never catches Jerry so cats are rubbish at hunting innit» What is right? Test 1 · ★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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«Tom never catches Jerry so cats are rubbish at hunting innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, cats · **What happens:** not catch, be, hunt · **To what, where:** Jerry, rubbish, innit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology 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/biology/118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t1:1
# text = «Tom never catches Jerry so cats are rubbish at hunting innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** *in a quote* | present | Tom | Jerry |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cats | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hunt** *in a quote* | gerund | Tom *not said here* | innit |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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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Yes, real cats never catch anything, they just sleep all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, real cats never catch anything, they just sleep all day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | present | real cats | anything |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | cats *= cat* |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cats only hunt cheese, never mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t1:o2:1
# text = Cats only hunt cheese, never mice
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Cats | cheese |  |  |  | mice *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Real cats are skilled hunters, though mice often escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t1:o3:1
# text = Real cats are skilled hunters, though mice often escape
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	escape	escape	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Real cats | skilled hunters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** | present | mice |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mice always beat cats in a fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t1:o4:1
# text = Mice always beat cats in a fight
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | Mice | cats |  |  |  | in a fight; always *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent cat=Patient in fight=Topic |

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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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