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title: In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day… — Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and r… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day. What is true about real cats? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

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In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day. What is true about real cats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fat orange cat · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** whole tray, cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a fat orange cat | a whole tray of lasagne |  | a cartoon | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Patient |

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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 is true about real cats?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:2
# text = What is true about real cats?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real cats; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They can eat anything people eat, as long as it is cooked and warm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:o1:1
# text = They can eat anything people eat, as long as it is cooked and warm
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can | They | anything |  |  |  | long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cook** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They only eat vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:o2:1
# text = They only eat vegetables
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They need proper cat food; rich human food can make them ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:o3:1
# text = They need proper cat food; rich human food can make them ill
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | They | proper cat food |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | can | rich human food | them *= they* |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They need lasagne to stay healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t2:o4:1
# text = They need lasagne to stay healthy
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | They | lasagne |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lasagne *not said here* |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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