--- title: What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden? — Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho… · tree and pragmatics description: What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/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/) / [Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat owner · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** birds, garden This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t11:1 # text = What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | could · do-support | a cat owner | birds | | the garden | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary bird=Theme | 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} Paint the birds a different colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t11:o1:1 # text = Paint the birds a different colour 1 Paint paint VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | imperative | you *not said here* | the birds | | | | a different colour *obl* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing helps at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t11:o2:1 # text = Nothing helps at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Nothing | | | all | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Feed the cat more and more food so that it stops hunting ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t11:o3:1 # text = Feed the cat more and more food so that it stops hunting 1 Feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 12 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | | the cat | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient | | 2 | **stop** | present | cat | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Put a bell on the collar or keep the cat in at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t11:o4:1 # text = Put a bell on the collar or keep the cat in at night 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bell | | the collar | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme on collar=Destination | | 2 | **keep in** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the cat | | | night | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | **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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