--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purr of the domestic cat? Exam question 3 of lesson 294 «Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and Tom and Jerry» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/e3/) [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/) / [Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purr of the domestic cat? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** domestic cat · **What happens:** follow, characteris, purr · **To what, where:** purr This is exam question 3 of lesson 294 «Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and Tom and Jerry» 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/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purr of the domestic cat? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purr purr NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the purr of the domestic cat | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **purr** | | the domestic cat | | | | | | nom purr «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It may signify contentment but may equally accompany pain or fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e3:o1:1 # text = It may signify contentment but may equally accompany pain or fear 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 signify signify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 equally equally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | may | It | contentment | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contentment=Theme | | 2 | **accompany** | may | | pain or fear | | | | equally *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It signifies contentment exclusively ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e3:o2:1 # text = It signifies contentment exclusively 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | present | It | contentment | | | | exclusively *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contentment=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It is shared by all large cats, including the lion and the tiger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e3:o3:1 # text = It is shared by all large cats, including the lion and the tiger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 including including ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present · passive | all large cats | It | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is produced by the tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e3:o4:1 # text = It is produced by the tail 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | the tail | It | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | **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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