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title: In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat. What should a… — Cat body language and cat myths: milk,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat. What should a real cat get? Test 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 pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 2 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

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In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat. What should a real cat get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, real cat · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** saucer

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Tom and Jerry | a saucer of milk |  |  |  | as a treat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer saucer=Stimulus as treat=Attribute |

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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 should a real cat get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:2
# text = What should a real cat get?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | should | a real cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A saucer of milk every day, like in the cartoon, as a special treat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:o1:1
# text = A saucer of milk every day, like in the cartoon, as a special treat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh water to drink, as milk upsets most adult cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:o2:1
# text = Fresh water to drink, as milk upsets most adult cats
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	upsets	upset	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Fresh water |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **upset** | present | milk | adult cats |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bucket of cream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:o3:1
# text = A bucket of cream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Milk and cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet:t2:o4:1
# text = Milk and cheese
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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