--- title: Ascertain the principal reason for which cats were carried aboard sh… — Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the principal reason for which cats were carried aboard ships. Exam question 4 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 and of each option; --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T… Ascertain the principal reason for which cats were carried aboard ships. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, carry · **To what, where:** principal reason, cats This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the principal reason for which cats were carried aboard ships. 1 Ascertain ascertain 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 9 obl _ _ 7 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 aboard aboard ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **carry** | past · passive | | cats | | | | for the principal reason; aboard ships | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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} The prediction of storms ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e4:o1:1 # text = The prediction of storms 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prediction prediction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **predict** | | | storms | | | | | nom prediction «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The provision of meat for the crew ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e4:o2:1 # text = The provision of meat for the crew 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | | meat | | | | | for the crew | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent for=obl | ### Option 3 {#o3} The navigation of the vessel by night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e4:o3:1 # text = The navigation of the vessel by night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 navigation navigation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **navigate** | | night | the vessel | | | | | nom navigation «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The destruction of rats that consumed provisions and rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e4:o4:1 # text = The destruction of rats that consumed provisions and rope 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 consumed consume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | past | the destruction of rats | provisions and rope | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Asset | | 2 | **destroy** | | | rats | | | | | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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