--- title: «why's the cat making that weird clicky noise at the pigeons» What i… — Cats as hunters: presents on the doorm… · tree and pragmatics description: «why's the cat making that weird clicky noise at the pigeons» What is right? Test 6 · ★★ 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 and of each option --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never… «why's the cat making that weird clicky noise at the pigeons» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, that · **What happens:** make, noise, be · **To what, where:** pigeons · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t6:1 # text = «why's the cat making that weird clicky noise at the pigeons» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 8 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 clicky clicky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the cat | | | the pigeons | | | tree rules | | 2 | **noise** *in a quote* | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *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} It is talking pigeon, which cats learn from the birds in the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t6:o1:1 # text = It is talking pigeon, which cats learn from the birds in the garden 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present · progressive | It | pigeon | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pigeon=Patient | | 2 | **learn** | present | cats | pigeon | | the garden | | from the birds | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Topic from bird=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is choking ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t6:o2:1 # text = It is choking 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 choking choke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choke** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cats often chatter at birds, and scientists are not sure why ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t6:o3:1 # text = Cats often chatter at birds, and scientists are not sure why 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 often often ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 chatter chatter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 12 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chatter** | present | Cats | | | | | at birds; often *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at bird=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | scientists | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry:t6:o4:1 # text = It is cold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | **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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