--- title: «my 3 cats are all staring at the bird outside, how many ears pointi… — How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: «my 3 cats are all staring at the bird outside, how many ears pointing at it, no 4 cats, Mum's one too» Test 11 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing «my 3 cats are all staring at the bird outside, how many ears pointing at it, no 4 cats, Mum's one too» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 3 cats, many ears · **What happens:** stare, point · **To what, where:** many ears This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t11:1 # text = «my 3 cats are all staring at the bird outside, how many ears pointing at it, no 4 cats, Mum's one too» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 outside outside ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 16 pointing point VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 21 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 27 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my 3 cats | many ears | | | | at the bird; no 4 cats *obl*; Mum's one *obl*; all, outside *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bird=Theme | | 2 | **point** *in a quote* | gerund | many ears *not said here* | | | | | at bird | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} 8, two each ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t11:o1:1 # text = 8, two each 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 6, two ears each on 3 cats ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t11:o2:1 # text = 6, two ears each on 3 cats 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 appos _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 4, one ear each ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t11:o3:1 # text = 4, one ear each 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 16, four ears each ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t11:o4:1 # text = 16, four ears each 1 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` 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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