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# Test 4 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

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«my nan gives her cat a saucer of milk every night, like Tom» What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, best advice · **What happens:** give, be · **To what, where:** saucer, cat

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t4:1
# text = «my nan gives her cat a saucer of milk every night, like Tom» What is the best advice?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present | my nan | a saucer of milk | nan's cat |  | night | like Tom | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient saucer=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Add sugar so the cat likes it more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t4:o1:1
# text = Add sugar so the cat likes it more
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | sugar |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
| 2 | **like** | present | the cat | sugar |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Milk is the best drink for every cat, young or old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t4:o2:1
# text = Milk is the best drink for every cat, young or old
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Milk | the best drink |  |  |  | for every cat | tree rules |

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

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Give water; most adult cats cannot digest milk well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t4:o3:1
# text = Give water; most adult cats cannot digest milk well
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **digest** | can | most adult cats | milk |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Give the cat cold coffee instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice:t4:o4:1
# text = Give the cat cold coffee instead
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | cold coffee | the cat |  |  | instead *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient coffee=Theme |

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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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