--- title: Why might cats and mice both be busiest at dawn and dusk? — How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might cats and mice both be busiest at dawn and dusk? Test 10 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing Why might cats and mice both be busiest at dawn and dusk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cats · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» 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/119-how-real-cats-hunt/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t10:1 # text = Why might cats and mice both be busiest at dawn and dusk? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 busiest busy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | cats and mice | | | | dawn | both, busy *property* | tree rules | 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} Mice like watching the sunrise ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t10:o1:1 # text = Mice like watching the sunrise 1 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 like like SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | Mice *not said here* | | | | sunrise | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Cats have evolved to hunt when mice are out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t10:o2:1 # text = Cats have evolved to hunt when mice are out 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 evolved evolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evolve** | present · perfect · passive | | Cats | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | mice | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Cats are scared of the dark and the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t10:o3:1 # text = Cats are scared of the dark and the light 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Cats | | | | | of the dark and the light; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They agree to meet then ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t10:o4:1 # text = They agree to meet then 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | They | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | then | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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