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description: cat fell off the fence and landed on its feet, so cats can fall from anywhere yeah Test 6 · ★★ 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 ri
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

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cat fell off the fence and landed on its feet, so cats can fall from anywhere yeah

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, cats · **What happens:** fall off, land, fall · **To what, where:** fence, feet

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t6:1
# text = cat fell off the fence and landed on its feet, so cats can fall from anywhere yeah
1	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	obl	_	_
18	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | cat | the fence |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient fence=Extent |
| 2 | **land** | participle | cat *not said here* |  |  | cat's feet |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination |
| 3 | **fall** | can | cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from anywhere=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, cats have nine lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, cats have nine lives
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | cats | nine lives |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if the cat is young; old cats break legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t6:o2:1
# text = Only if the cat is young; old cats break legs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the cat |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | present | young old cats | legs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, any height is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, any height is fine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | any height |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, they can still be badly hurt; keep windows and balconies shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t6:o4:1
# text = No, they can still be badly hurt; keep windows and balconies shut
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	balconies	balcony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can · passive |  | they |  |  | still | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  | windows and balconies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shut** | participle | windows and balconies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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.

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