Exam question 3 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hunting conduct of the domestic cat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, conduct · To what, where: response, hunting conduct, domestic cat

This is exam question 3 of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 conduct	det
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	compound
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 cat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cat	det
15	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cat	amod
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the hunting conduct of the domestic cat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct			the domestic cat		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It hunts exclusively in the company of other cats of the same household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunts	nsubj
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 hunts	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 company	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 company	det
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunts	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cats	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cats	amod
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 company	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 household	amod
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cats	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	It			the company of other cats of the same household		exclusively property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in company=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It approaches its prey silently, with claws retracted, before pouncing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 approaches	nsubj
2	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prey	nmod:poss
4	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approaches	obj
5	silently	silently	ADV	_	2 approaches	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 claws	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 claws	case
8	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 approaches	obl
9	retracted	retract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 claws	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pouncing	punct
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 pouncing	mark
12	pouncing	pounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 approaches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	approach	present	It	its prey	with claws; silently property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prey=Theme with claw=Instrument
2	retract	participle		claws not said here		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pounce	gerund				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It abstains from hunting on every occasion once it has been adequately fed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abstains	nsubj
2	abstains	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 hunting	mark
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 abstains	advcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 occasion	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 occasion	det
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunting	obl
8	once	once	SCONJ	_	13 fed	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fed	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fed	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 fed	aux:pass
12	adequately	adequately	ADV	_	13 fed	advmod
13	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hunting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	It				vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hunt	gerund			every occasion		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on occasion=Location
3	feed	present · perfect · passive		occasion		adequately property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It pursues its prey noisily in order to induce panic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pursues	nsubj
2	pursues	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prey	nmod:poss
4	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pursues	obj
5	noisily	noisily	ADV	_	2 pursues	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pursues	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 induce	mark
9	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pursues	advcl
10	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 induce	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	present	It	its prey		order		noisily property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prey=Theme in order=Trajectory
2	induce	to-infinitive		panic					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panic=Patient

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