--- title: Given that a cat's first year corresponds to fifteen human years, it… — Growing up: ages of people and pets, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a cat's first year corresponds to fifteen human years, its second to a total of twenty-four, and each subsequent year to four, ascertain the human equivalent of a cat aged ten years. Exam question 2 of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» of the world --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/128-growing-up-ages-dog-years/e2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Growing up: ages of people and pets, a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/128-growing-up-ages-dog-years/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m… Given that a cat's first year corresponds to fifteen human years, its second to a total of twenty-four, and each subsequent year to four, ascertain the human equivalent of a cat aged ten years. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** first year, you · **What happens:** give, correspond, ascertain, age · **To what, where:** human equivalent, cat This is exam question 2 of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» of the world 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/world/128-growing-up-ages-dog-years/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:e2:1 # text = Given that a cat's first year corresponds to fifteen human years, its second to a total of twenty-four, and each subsequent year to four, ascertain the human equivalent of a cat aged ten years. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 corresponds correspond VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 total total NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 26 subsequent subsequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 31 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 equivalent equivalent NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 aged age VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl _ _ 39 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **correspond** | present | a cat's first year | | | | year | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the human equivalent of a cat | | | year | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equivalent=Topic | | 4 | **age** | participle | | a cat *not said here* | | | year | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} Forty ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:e2:o1:1 # text = Forty 1 Forty forty NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sixty-four ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:e2:o2:1 # text = Sixty-four 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fifty-six ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:e2:o3:1 # text = Fifty-six 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Seventy ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:e2:o4:1 # text = Seventy 1 Seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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