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Active and Passive Entities: Distinguishing Between Agents and Objects

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In the sentence 'The cat chased the mouse', which entity is active and which is passive?

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Cat is active, mouse is passive
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In this sentence, the cat is the active entity because it is performing the action of chasing, while the mouse is the passive entity because it is being chased.

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