--- title: Ascertain the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the do… — How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the domestic cat. Exam question 4 of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing Ascertain the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the domestic cat. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** approximate daily duration This is exam question 4 of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» 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/119-how-real-cats-hunt/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the domestic cat. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the domestic cat | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Between twelve and sixteen hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:e4:o1:1 # text = Between twelve and sixteen hours 1 Between between ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty-four hours without interruption ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:e4:o2:1 # text = Twenty-four hours without interruption 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 interruption interruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Between four and six hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:e4:o3:1 # text = Between four and six hours 1 Between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Between one and two hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:e4:o4:1 # text = Between one and two hours 1 Between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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