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title: Lab mice that have never seen a cat still avoid a place that smells… — How real mice survive: squeezing, clim… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lab mice that have never seen a cat still avoid a place that smells of one. Why would this help a wild mouse? Test 4 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 4 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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Lab mice that have never seen a cat still avoid a place that smells of one. Why would this help a wild mouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lab mice, place, this · **What happens:** not see, avoid, smell, help · **To what, where:** cat, place, wild mouse

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This is test 4 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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/120-how-real-mice-survive/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lab mice that have never seen a cat still avoid a place that smells of one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:1
# text = Lab mice that have never seen a cat still avoid a place that smells of one.
1	Lab	lab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | present · perfect | Lab mice | a cat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **avoid** | present | Lab mice | a place |  |  | still |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent place=Location |
| 3 | **smell** | present | a place |  |  |  |  | of one | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of one=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why would this help a wild mouse?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:2
# text = Why would this help a wild mouse?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would | this |  | a wild mouse |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It does not help at all, because the smell means nothing to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:o1:1
# text = It does not help at all, because the smell means nothing to it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the smell | nothing |  |  |  | to it | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme to it=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It can avoid danger before ever meeting a cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:o2:1
# text = It can avoid danger before ever meeting a cat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | can | It | danger |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location |
| 2 | **meet** | gerund |  | a cat |  |  | ever |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It helps the mouse find the cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:o3:1
# text = It helps the mouse find the cheese
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It | the mouse |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mouse=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | the mouse *not said here* | the cheese |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It makes cats like it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t4:o4:1
# text = It makes cats like it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | cats |  |  |  | like it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cat=Product |

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