--- title: Identify the manner in which a domestic cat ordinarily captures a mo… — Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the manner in which a domestic cat ordinarily captures a mouse. Exam question 2 of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/e2/) [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/) / [Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and… Identify the manner in which a domestic cat ordinarily captures a mouse. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, domestic cat · **What happens:** identify, capture · **To what, where:** manner, mouse This is exam question 2 of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» 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/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:e2:1 # text = Identify the manner in which a domestic cat ordinarily captures a mouse. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 ordinarily ordinarily ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 captures capture VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 2 | **capture** | present | a domestic cat | a mouse | | | | ordinarily *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} By the setting of baited traps ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:e2:o1:1 # text = By the setting of baited traps 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 baited bait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bait** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By prolonged pursuit throughout the dwelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:e2:o2:1 # text = By prolonged pursuit throughout the dwelling 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 prolonged prolong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prolong** | participle | | | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By waiting motionless and subsequently pouncing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:e2:o3:1 # text = By waiting motionless and subsequently pouncing 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 subsequently subsequently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 pouncing pounce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | motionless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pounce** | gerund | | | | | | subsequently *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By excavating the burrow with implements ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:e2:o4:1 # text = By excavating the burrow with implements 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 excavating excavate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 burrow burrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 implements implement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **excavate** | gerund | | the burrow | | | | with implements | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent burrow=Location | **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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