cat

«cat» in Mova's school dictionary: a small furry animal that people keep as a pet; it has… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cat, cats)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cat is a small furry animal that people keep as a pet; it has whiskers, claws and a long tail. tree →

2) A cat is any animal of the cat family, like a lion, tiger or leopard («big cats»). tree →

sense in the lessons

animals counted; legs, food per cat; in science, cats are mammals and hunters; phrases «let the cat out of the bag» (tell a secret), «raining cats and dogs» (raining hard), «curiosity killed the cat»

examples

• There are 4 cats. How many legs? tree →
• Each cat eats 2 cans of food a day. tree →
• She has 3 cats and 2 dogs. tree →
• 5 cats went outside. tree →
• The cat purred on my lap. tree →
• Lions and tigers are big cats. tree →
• It's raining cats and dogs! tree →
• Our cat catches mice. tree →
• Don't pull the cat's tail. tree →
• He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise. tree →

note

Just a thing counted; each cat has 4 legs. Trap: cats and dogs added together are «pets», not cats. A young cat is a kitten. Some people are allergic to cats.

In the corpora

• An AI that learned what cats look like can be fooled by something fluffy and cat-shaped, such as a slipper.
• On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.
• Cats are ambush hunters, and even well-fed pet cats still hunt because the urge to chase and pounce is built in.
• Keepers sometimes spray perfume or spices in an enclosure, because new smells give cats something to explore, like a new toy.
• Big cats play with balls, ropes and barrels, especially young ones, because play trains the moves they need for hunting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.