--- title: Why does a fox often freeze when a rabbit lifts its head? — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a fox often freeze when a rabbit lifts its head? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/t9/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Thinking about noticing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing Why does a fox often freeze when a rabbit lifts its head? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rabbit · **What happens:** do, freeze, lift · **To what, where:** fox, head This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» of the everyday 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/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t9:1 # text = Why does a fox often freeze when a rabbit lifts its head? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 freeze freeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **freeze** | present | a rabbit *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **lift** | present | a rabbit | rabbit's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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 {#o1} A fox must rest after every few steps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t9:o1:1 # text = A fox must rest after every few steps 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | must | a fox | | | | after every few steps | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Freezing makes the fox turn invisible ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t9:o2:1 # text = Freezing makes the fox turn invisible 1 Freezing freezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make 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 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Freezing | the fox | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | | | | invisible *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The rabbit notices movement more than still shapes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t9:o3:1 # text = The rabbit notices movement more than still shapes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 notices notice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | present | the rabbit | movement | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer movement=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} The fox has stopped to listen to the birds singing nearby ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t9:o4:1 # text = The fox has stopped to listen to the birds singing nearby 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present · perfect | the fox | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | | | | | to the birds | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bird=Theme | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the birds *not said here* | | | | | nearby *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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