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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T…

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«saw a vid, cucumber behind a cat, it freaked lol, gonna try it» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** see, freak, try, be · **To what, where:** vid, cat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t4:1
# text = «saw a vid, cucumber behind a cat, it freaked lol, gonna try it» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vid	vid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cucumber	cucumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	freaked	freak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	dep	_	_
16	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | a vid and cucumber behind a cat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **freak** *in a quote* | past | cat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** *in a quote* | infinitive | cat *not said here* | cat |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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It is a fun game that cats really enjoy playing again and again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t4:o1:1
# text = It is a fun game that cats really enjoy playing again and again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fun game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enjoy** | present | cats | a fun game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | cats *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It frightens the cat, and scaring pets on purpose is unkind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t4:o2:1
# text = It frightens the cat, and scaring pets on purpose is unkind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	scaring	scare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
8	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present | It | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer |
| 2 | **scare** | gerund |  | pets |  | purpose |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pet=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | scaring |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cats like cucumbers to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t4:o3:1
# text = Cats like cucumbers to eat
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cucumbers	cucumber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It does nothing to a cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:t4:o4:1
# text = It does nothing to a cat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | It | nothing |  |  |  | to a cat | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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