--- title: «my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» What is right? — Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an… · tree and pragmatics description: «my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» What is right? Test 1 · ★ 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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming «my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** purr, be · **To what, where:** vet · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 197 «Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming» 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/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:1 # text = «my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 vet vet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my cat | | | the vet | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at vet=Location | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cat | | | | | fine *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. *Sentence 2:* What is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:2 # text = What is right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, purring means he is well ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, purring means he is well 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, purring means he is about to bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:o2:1 # text = No, purring means he is about to bite 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bite** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, sick cats never purr ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, sick cats never purr 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 purr purr VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **purr** | present | sick cats | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Not always, cats also purr when hurt or scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t1:o4:1 # text = Not always, cats also purr when hurt or scared 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 purr purr VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | present | cats | | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | cats *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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