--- title: Identify the principal function of the whiskers of the domestic cat. — Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal function of the whiskers of the domestic cat. Exam question 2 of lesson 197 «Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/e2/) [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/) / [Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming Identify the principal function of the whiskers of the domestic cat. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function This is exam question 2 of lesson 197 «Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal function of the whiskers of the domestic cat. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of the whiskers of the domestic cat | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | 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} To furnish tactile information concerning gaps and nearby prey ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e2:o1:1 # text = To furnish tactile information concerning gaps and nearby prey 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 furnish furnish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tactile tactile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **furnish** | to-infinitive | | tactile information and nearby prey | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Recipient | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} To regulate the temperature of the ears during the coldest months of the year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e2:o2:1 # text = To regulate the temperature of the ears during the coldest months of the year 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 regulate regulate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 during during ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 coldest cold ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regulate** | to-infinitive | | the temperature of the ears | | | month | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} To produce the sound of purring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e2:o3:1 # text = To produce the sound of purring 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 produce produce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 purring purring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | to-infinitive | | the sound of purring | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} To serve as decoration only ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:e2:o4:1 # text = To serve as decoration only 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 serve serve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 decoration decoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | | | | | as decoration | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as decoration=Attribute | **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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