--- title: Count them: Tom the cat, Spike the bulldog and Jerry the mouse in a… — Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: Tom the cat, Spike the bulldog and Jerry the mouse in a real kitchen. How many ears and how many tails? Test 10 · ★★ 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 t --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and… Count them: Tom the cat, Spike the bulldog and Jerry the mouse in a real kitchen. How many ears and how many tails? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** count, spike · **To what, where:** them, bulldog, real kitchen This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: Tom the cat, Spike the bulldog and Jerry the mouse in a real kitchen. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:1 # text = Count them: Tom the cat, Spike the bulldog and Jerry the mouse in a real kitchen. 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Spike spike VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bulldog bulldog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Jerry Jerry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | Tom *vocative*; the cat *obl* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **spike** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bulldog and Jerry | | a real kitchen | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* How many ears and how many tails? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:2 # text = How many ears and how many tails? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 3 ears and 3 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:o1:1 # text = 3 ears and 3 tails 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 6 ears and 6 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:o2:1 # text = 6 ears and 6 tails 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 12 ears and 3 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:o3:1 # text = 12 ears and 3 tails 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 6 ears and 3 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t10:o4:1 # text = 6 ears and 3 tails 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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