--- title: how does an owl get a mouse it cant even see — Senses of animals: how they see, hear… · tree and pragmatics description: how does an owl get a mouse it cant even see Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» of the world 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/world/79-senses-of-animals/t10/) [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/) / [Senses of animals: how they see, hear…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/79-senses-of-animals/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell how does an owl get a mouse it cant even see **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** owl · **What happens:** get, see · **To what, where:** mouse This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» of the world 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/world/79-senses-of-animals/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t10:1 # text = how does an owl get a mouse it cant even see 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 9 cant cant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · do-support | a owl | a mouse | | | | cant *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Beneficiary it=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | a owl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} It sees in total darkness ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t10:o1:1 # text = It sees in total darkness 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | It | | | total darkness | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It feels the mouse's heat with the tip of its beak ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t10:o2:1 # text = It feels the mouse's heat with the tip of its beak 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | It | the mouse's heat | | | | with the tip of tip's beak | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | | 2 | **heat** | | the mouse | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It hears so well it can catch the mouse by sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t10:o3:1 # text = It hears so well it can catch the mouse by sound 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | It | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **catch** | can | it | the mouse | | | | by sound; well *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It smells the mouse from far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t10:o4:1 # text = It smells the mouse from far away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smells smell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present | It | the mouse | | | | far *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | **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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