--- title: A cartoon cat walks around a dark cellar and sees everything clearly… — Light and shadows · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon cat walks around a dark cellar and sees everything clearly. What is true? Test 2 of lesson 20 «Light and shadows» of the physics 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/physics/20-light-and-shadows/t2/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Light and shadows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/20-light-and-shadows/) / t2 # Test 2 · Light and shadows A cartoon cat walks around a dark cellar and sees everything clearly. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon cat · **What happens:** walk, see, be · **To what, where:** dark cellar, everything This is test 2 of lesson 20 «Light and shadows» of the physics 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/physics/20-light-and-shadows/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon cat walks around a dark cellar and sees everything clearly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:1 # text = A cartoon cat walks around a dark cellar and sees everything clearly. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 obj _ _ 12 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | a cartoon cat | | | a dark cellar | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around cellar=Trajectory | | 2 | **see** | present | a cartoon cat *not said here* | everything | | | | clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Cats make light with their eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:o1:1 # text = Cats make light with their eyes 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Cats | light | | | | with Cats's eyes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cats see by the heat of things ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:o2:1 # text = Cats see by the heat of things 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Cats | | | | | by the heat of things | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **heat** | | things | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cats can see in complete darkness ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:o3:1 # text = Cats can see in complete darkness 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | Cats | | | complete darkness | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cats see in dim light, but in total darkness nobody sees ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:20-light-and-shadows:t2:o4:1 # text = Cats see in dim light, but in total darkness nobody sees 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Cats | | | dim light | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | present | nobody | | | total darkness | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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