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title: «tom's been chasing jerry round that house 80 years and never got hi… — Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

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«tom's been chasing jerry round that house 80 years and never got him, cats are rubbish hunters innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tom, cats, rubbish hunters · **What happens:** chase, not get, be · **To what, where:** jerry, house, tom, rubbish hunters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t1:1
# text = «tom's been chasing jerry round that house 80 years and never got him, cats are rubbish hunters innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	tom	tom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux	_	_
5	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	csubj	_	_
6	jerry	jerry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
21	innit	innit	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
23	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** *in a quote* | present · progressive | tom | jerry |  | that house | year |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme round house=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | past | tom *not said here* | tom |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cats | rubbish hunters |  |  |  | innit *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | rubbish hunters |  |  |  |  | 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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Real cats hunt well, but by waiting and pouncing, not long chases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t1:o1:1
# text = Real cats hunt well, but by waiting and pouncing, not long chases
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pouncing	pounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chases	chase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Real cats | long chases |  |  |  | well *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | Real cats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pounce** | gerund | Real cats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, real cats can never catch mice because mice are too clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t1:o2:1
# text = Right, real cats can never catch mice because mice are too clever
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | can | real cats | mice |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | mice |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real cats only hunt cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t1:o3:1
# text = Real cats only hunt cheese
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Real cats | cheese |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right, mice are faster than cats in every way, even over a short jump

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t1:o4:1
# text = Right, mice are faster than cats in every way, even over a short jump
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | mice |  |  | every way over a short jump |  | than cats; fast *property* | 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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