--- title: «why'd anyone grind up thousands of cat mummies» What happened in th… — Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c… · tree and pragmatics description: «why'd anyone grind up thousands of cat mummies» What happened in the 1800s? Test 11 · ★★★ 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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T… «why'd anyone grind up thousands of cat mummies» What happened in the 1800s? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** anyone, cat mummies · **What happens:** grind up, happen · **To what, where:** thousands, 1800s This is test 11 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t11:1 # text = «why'd anyone grind up thousands of cat mummies» What happened in the 1800s? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grind grind VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 mummies mummy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 1800s 1800 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grind up** *in a quote* | would | anyone | thousands of cat mummies | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Patient | | 2 | **happen** | past | cat mummies | | | the 1800s | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1800=Location | 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 {#o1} They were sold as dolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t11:o1:1 # text = They were sold as dolls 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past · passive | | They | | | | as dolls | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They were made into medicine for sick cats and dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t11:o2:1 # text = They were made into medicine for sick cats and dogs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | They | | medicine | | for sick cats and dogs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material into medicine=Product for cat=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} So many were found that some were used as fertiliser ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t11:o3:1 # text = So many were found that some were used as fertiliser 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fertiliser fertiliser NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · passive | | many | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **use** | past · passive | | some | | | | as fertiliser | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as fertiliser=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} It never happened, it's a myth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t11:o4:1 # text = It never happened, it's a myth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a myth | | | | | tree rules | **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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