--- title: «why'd her eyes go all thin like a snake's in the sun» What is the a… — Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an… · tree and pragmatics description: «why'd her eyes go all thin like a snake's in the sun» What is the answer? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming «why'd her eyes go all thin like a snake's in the sun» What is the answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eyes · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t11:1 # text = «why'd her eyes go all thin like a snake's in the sun» What is the answer? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | her eyes | | | | | thin *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | | the answer | | | | | 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 {#o1} She is cross with you ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t11:o1:1 # text = She is cross with you 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | with you; cross *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She is going blind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t11:o2:1 # text = She is going blind 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | She | | | | | blind *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is about to sneeze ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t11:o3:1 # text = She is about to sneeze 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sneeze sneeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sneeze** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Slit pupils let in very little light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t11:o4:1 # text = Slit pupils let in very little light 1 Slit slit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | Slit pupils | | | little light | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | **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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