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title: In a cartoon a cat meows to talk with other cats all night. What is… — Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes an… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a cat meows to talk with other cats all night. What is true of real adult cats? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming

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In a cartoon a cat meows to talk with other cats all night. What is true of real adult cats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** meow, talk, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a cat meows to talk with other cats all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon a cat meows to talk with other cats all night.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	meows	meow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meow** | present | a cat |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | a cat *not said here* |  |  |  | night | with other cats | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with cat=Co-Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true of real adult cats?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:2
# text = What is true of real adult cats?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real adult cats; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They never make any sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:o1:1
# text = They never make any sound
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present | They | any sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They meow mostly to people and talk to cats with smells, looks and body

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:o2:1
# text = They meow mostly to people and talk to cats with smells, looks and body
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meow	meow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meow** | present | They |  | people |  |  | mostly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to people=Recipient |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to cats; with smells and looks and body | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cat=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They bark at each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:o3:1
# text = They bark at each other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bark	bark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obl	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | present | They |  |  |  |  | at each | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at each=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They meow only to other cats, and stay completely silent with people all their lives

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming:t8:o4:1
# text = They meow only to other cats, and stay completely silent with people all their lives
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meow	meow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meow** | present | They |  | other cats |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cat=Recipient |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | They *not said here* | people's lives |  |  |  | with people; silent *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location |

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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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