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title: Which is true? — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal

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Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t6:1
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cats bring mice home to poison their owners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t6:o1:1
# text = Cats bring mice home to poison their owners
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Cats |  | mice |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument mouse=Destination |
| 2 | **poison** | to-infinitive | Cats *not said here* | Cats's owners |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pet cats have lost their hunting instinct after living with people for so long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t6:o2:1
# text = Pet cats have lost their hunting instinct after living with people for so long
1	Pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | Pet cats |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cats hunt only when they are hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t6:o3:1
# text = Cats hunt only when they are hungry
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Cats *= cat* |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A full cat may still hunt, because the instinct is separate from hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t6:o4:1
# text = A full cat may still hunt, because the instinct is separate from hunger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | may | a full cat |  |  |  | still |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the instinct |  |  | hunger |  | separate *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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