YOU SAID:
that cat shat on the octous
INTO JAPANESE
その猫は八分の一の大きさで糞をした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat pooped on one-eighth the size of a cat
INTO JAPANESE
その猫は猫の8分の1の大きさでうんこをした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat pooped one-eighth the size of a cat
INTO JAPANESE
その猫は猫の8分の1の大きさでうんこをした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat pooped one-eighth the size of a cat
That didn't even make that much sense in English.