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# Test 3 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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«Tom crashes about screaming after Jerry» What would happen to a real cat that hunted like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, real cat · **What happens:** crash, scream, happen, hunt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t3:1
# text = «Tom crashes about screaming after Jerry» What would happen to a real cat that hunted like that?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crashes	crash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** *in a quote* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  | after Jerry |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a real cat | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **hunt** | past | a real cat |  |  |  |  | like a real cat | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 would scare the mice so much they ran into its mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t3:o1:1
# text = It would scare the mice so much they ran into its mouth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | would | It | the mice |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=Experiencer |
| 2 | **run** | past | mice *= mouse* |  |  |  |  | into its mouth *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into mouth=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mice would freeze and wait for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t3:o2:1
# text = Mice would freeze and wait for it
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | would | Mice |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | Mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would catch more mice than ever, as the noise freezes them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t3:o3:1
# text = It would catch more mice than ever, as the noise freezes them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	freezes	freeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would | It | more mice |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | present | the noise | mice *= mouse* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It would catch nothing, as mice run at the first noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t3:o4:1
# text = It would catch nothing, as mice run at the first noise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would | It | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present | mice |  |  | the first noise |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at noise=Trajectory |

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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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