--- title: «a mouse squeaks behind the wall and I can't hear nothing» How does… — Cats as hunters: presents on the doorm… · tree and pragmatics description: «a mouse squeaks behind the wall and I can't hear nothing» How does the cat know it's there? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 198 «Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never catches Jerry» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/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 as hunters: presents on the doorm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never… «a mouse squeaks behind the wall and I can't hear nothing» How does the cat know it's there? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mouse, I, cat · **What happens:** squeak, not hear, know, be · **To what, where:** wall, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 198 «Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never catches Jerry» 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t11:1 # text = «a mouse squeaks behind the wall and I can't hear nothing» How does the cat know it's there? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 squeaks squeak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeak** *in a quote* | present | a mouse | | | the wall | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind wall=Location | | 2 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | can | I | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | present · do-support | the cat | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | cat | | | | | there *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 {#o1} The mouse waved ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t11:o1:1 # text = The mouse waved 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | past | the mouse | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The cat can see through walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t11:o2:1 # text = The cat can see through walls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | the cat | | | walls | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cats hear high squeaks too high for us ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t11:o3:1 # text = Cats hear high squeaks too high for us 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 squeaks squeak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | Cats | high squeaks | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer squeak=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} The cat guessed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t11:o4:1 # text = The cat guessed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | the cat | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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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