--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purring of the domestic cat? 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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/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purring of the domestic cat? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purring purring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the purring of the domestic cat | | | | of the following statements; accurately *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Purring may accompany contentment, injury or fear alike ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e1:o1:1 # text = Purring may accompany contentment, injury or fear alike 1 Purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 alike alike ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accompany** | may | Purring | contentment and injury or fear | | | | alike *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contentment=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Purring invariably indicates contentment ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e1:o2:1 # text = Purring invariably indicates contentment 1 Purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | gerund | | | | | | invariably *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **indicate** | present | Purring | contentment | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contentment=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only adult cats are capable of purring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e1:o3:1 # text = Only adult cats are capable of purring 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 adult adult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 purring purring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | adult cats | | | | | of purring; capable *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Purring is produced solely by the stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e1:o4:1 # text = Purring is produced solely by the stomach 1 Purring purring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | the stomach | Purring | | | | solely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | **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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