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title: Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat ought not to… — Cartoon pets and animal myths put right · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat ought not to be maintained upon a diet of pasta. Exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 1 · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

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Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat ought not to be maintained upon a diet of pasta.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, not maintain · **To what, where:** principal reason, domestic cat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat ought not to be maintained upon a diet of pasta.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **maintain** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a domestic cat |  |  |  | for the principal reason; upon a diet of pasta | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The cat is a carnivore that requires meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:e1:o1:1
# text = The cat is a carnivore that requires meat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	carnivore	carnivore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the cat | a carnivore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | present | a carnivore | meat |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meat=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cat is incapable of chewing any soft food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:e1:o2:1
# text = The cat is incapable of chewing any soft food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the cat |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | gerund | the cat *not said here* | any soft food |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pasta renders the cat incapable of hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:e1:o3:1
# text = Pasta renders the cat incapable of hunting
1	Pasta	Pasta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Pasta | the cat incapable of hunting |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incapable=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cat prefers sweet foods above all others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:e1:o4:1
# text = The cat prefers sweet foods above all others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | the cat | sweet foods |  | all others |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

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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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