---
title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Cat body language and cat myths: milk,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to adult cats. Exam question 2 of lesson 199 «Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and landing on their feet» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Cat body language and cat myths: milk,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to adult cats.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, milk · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, provide · **To what, where:** response, provision

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 199 «Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and landing on their feet» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to adult cats.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the provision of cow's milk |  |  |  | to adult cats | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus provision=Experiencer |
| 4 | **provide** |  | cow's milk |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cow's milk is the most suitable daily drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:e2:o1:1
# text = Cow's milk is the most suitable daily drink
1	Cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cow's milk | the suitable daily drink |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most adult cats digest it poorly, and water is the appropriate drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:e2:o2:1
# text = Most adult cats digest it poorly, and water is the appropriate drink
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	digest	digest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** | present | Most adult cats | it |  |  |  | poorly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | water | the appropriate drink |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Milk is required for the growth of the whiskers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:e2:o3:1
# text = Milk is required for the growth of the whiskers
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Milk |  |  |  | for the growth of the whiskers | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **grow** |  | the whiskers |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Adult cats are unable to drink water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:e2:o4:1
# text = Adult cats are unable to drink water
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adult cats |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Adult cats *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Cat body language and cat myths: milk,…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/e1/)
- next →: [Cat body language and cat myths: milk,…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and landing on their feet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/)