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# Test 2 · ★ · Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, replaying rats and colou…

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«cats don't dream, they're just thick and twitchy» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cats, best correction · **What happens:** not dream, be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 391 «Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, replaying rats and colour-changing octopuses» 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/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t2:1
# text = «cats don't dream, they're just thick and twitchy» What is the best correction?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	dream	dream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	twitchy	twitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	conj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dream** *in a quote* | present · do-support | cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cats *= cat* |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | cats *= cat* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best correction |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Right, cats have no sleep stages at all, they just doze lightly all day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t2:o1:1
# text = Right, cats have no sleep stages at all, they just doze lightly all day
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stages	stage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	doze	doze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | cats | no sleep stages |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Patient |
| 2 | **doze** | present | cats *= cat* |  |  |  | day | lightly *property* | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Cats have the same busy dreaming stage of sleep as people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t2:o2:1
# text = Cats have the same busy dreaming stage of sleep as people
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cats | the same busy dreaming stage of sleep |  |  |  | as people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Patient |
| 2 | **dream** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cats only ever dream when they are wide awake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t2:o3:1
# text = Cats only ever dream when they are wide awake
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	dream	dream	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | infinitive | Cats |  |  |  | ever |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Cats *= cat* |  |  |  |  | awake, wide *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right, only dogs can dream and cats are just twitchy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t2:o4:1
# text = Right, only dogs can dream and cats are just twitchy
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	dream	dream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	twitchy	twitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | can | dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | cats |  |  |  |  | twitchy *property* | tree rules |

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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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