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# Exam question 1 · Thinking like an animal

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hunting behaviour of well-fed domestic cats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, feed · **To what, where:** hunting behaviour

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hunting behaviour of well-fed domestic cats?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
16	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the hunting behaviour of fed domestic cats |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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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They have lost all hunting instinct entirely through living with people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:e1:o1:1
# text = They have lost all hunting instinct entirely through living with people
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | They | all hunting instinct |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instinct=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location |

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

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They retain a hunting instinct notwithstanding that they are well fed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:e1:o2:1
# text = They retain a hunting instinct notwithstanding that they are well fed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	retain	retain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present | They | a hunting instinct |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **notwithstand** | gerund | a hunting instinct *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hunt only when deprived of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:e1:o3:1
# text = They hunt only when deprived of food
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deprive** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of food | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent of food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hunt only birds and never mammals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:e1:o4:1
# text = They hunt only birds and never mammals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | They | birds and mammals |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

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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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