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description: In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day. «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?» Test 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 2 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

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In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day. «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, lion · **What happens:** chase · **To what, where:** mouse, Tom, Jerry

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This is test 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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/81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | a cat | a mouse |  | Tom and Jerry | day |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme in tom=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:2
# text = «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** *in a quote* | would | a lion | Jerry |  |  |  | right *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, lions mostly eat mice in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, lions mostly eat mice in the wild
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | lions | mice |  | the wild |  | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, lions are scared of mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:o2:1
# text = No, lions are scared of mice
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | lions |  |  |  |  | of mice; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, every cat chases mice all day, big or small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, every cat chases mice all day, big or small
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | every cat | mice |  |  | day |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, a lion hunts big prey, a mouse is not worth it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t2:o4:1
# text = No, a lion hunts big prey, a mouse is not worth it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | a lion | big prey |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a mouse |  |  |  |  | worth *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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