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title: Understanding cats — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday
description: The 23 test and exam questions of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Understanding cats

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The 23 questions of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 123 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/23-understanding-cats/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t1/) — Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail straight up. What is Mittens saying? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t2/) — A cat in Perth sees a big dog. Its back arches and its fur stands on end. Why? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t3/) — Which is true? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t4/) — Jack strokes his cat on the head. Its tail begins to swish and its ears turn back. What has the cat decided? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t5/) — Why do many cats scratch when someone rubs their belly? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t6/) — A cat hides under a bed with big round pupils and flat ears after fireworks. What should you do? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t7/) — A cat at a friend's house in Belfast hisses at Grace. What should she do? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t8/) — Which sign tells you a cat feels safe with you? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t9/) — Why must a cat scratch be washed even if it is small? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t10/) — cat's tail is straight up as she comes over — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t11/) — cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him — right ✓
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t12/) — cat rolled over, tummy rub? — wrong ✗
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t13/) — cat scratched me, bit of blood — wrong ✗
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t14/) — cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle — wrong ✗
- [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t15/) — cat bit me and now my hand is red and puffy — wrong ✗
- [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t16/) — Ruby says cats only scratch when they're mean. right? — right ✓
- [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t17/) — Emily's nan says her cat purred while it was dying so cats purr when they're sad, every time — right ✓
- [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t18/) — someone said a cat scratched a boy's eye out when he rubbed its belly, it's going round school — wrong ✗
- [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t19/) — Daisy's family have 6 cats and people say her house stinks, is it ok to say — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tail held vertically upright by a cat? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/e2/) — Identify the meaning conveyed by a slow blink on the part of a cat. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cessation of stroking. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/e4/) — It is given that a cat's tail is puffed up and its back is arched. Determine the state of the animal. — wrong ✗ · exam

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