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title: «cats n dogs hate each other, it's science innit» What is right? — Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, ene… · tree and pragmatics
description: «cats n dogs hate each other, it's science innit» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 121 «Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?

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«cats n dogs hate each other, it's science innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cats, it, science innit · **What happens:** hate, be · **To what, where:** each, science innit

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This is test 1 of lesson 121 «Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?» 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/121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats:t1:1
# text = «cats n dogs hate each other, it's science innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	n	n	X	FW	_	4	compound	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	5	obj	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | cats and n dogs | each |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | science innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | science innit |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not true; many live together as friends, especially if they meet young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats:t1:o1:1
# text = Not true; many live together as friends, especially if they meet young
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | present | many |  |  |  |  | as friends; together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | present | friends *= friend* |  |  |  |  | especially, young *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True, they are born enemies, and no cat and dog can ever be friends

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats:t1:o2:1
# text = True, they are born enemies, and no cat and dog can ever be friends
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | they | True born enemies and friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | can | they *not said here* | friends |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True, but only bulldogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats:t1:o3:1
# text = True, but only bulldogs
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True, unless the cat is a kitten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats:t1:o4:1
# text = True, unless the cat is a kitten
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a True kitten |  |  |  | unless the cat | tree rules |

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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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