--- title: Render the active sentence "The cat chased the mouse" in the passive… — Grammar puzzles, part two · tree and pragmatics description: Render the active sentence "The cat chased the mouse" in the passive voice. Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/e1/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Grammar puzzles, part two](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grammar puzzles, part two Render the active sentence "The cat chased the mouse" in the passive voice. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cat · **What happens:** render, chase · **To what, where:** active sentence, mouse, passive voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e1:1 # text = Render the active sentence "The cat chased the mouse" in the passive voice. 1 Render render VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 passive passive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | imperative | you *not said here* | the active sentence | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chase** *in a quote* | past | the cat | the mouse | | the passive voice | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme in voice=Trajectory | 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} The cat was chased by the mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e1:o1:1 # text = The cat was chased by the mouse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · passive | the mouse | the cat | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The mouse was chased by the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e1:o2:1 # text = The mouse was chased by the cat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · passive | the cat | the mouse | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The cat had been chasing the mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e1:o3:1 # text = The cat had been chasing the mouse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · perfect · progressive | the cat | the mouse | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mouse chased the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e1:o4:1 # text = The mouse chased the cat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | the mouse | the cat | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=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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