--- title: What would happen if the zoo put the lions in with the zebras? — The African savanna area: giraffes, ze… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the zoo put the lions in with the zebras? Test 6 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» of the biology 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/biology/101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos/t6/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The African savanna area: giraffes, ze…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos/) / t6 # Test 6 · The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and ant… What would happen if the zoo put the lions in with the zebras? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo · **What happens:** happen, put in · **To what, where:** lions This is test 6 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» of the biology 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/biology/101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t6:1 # text = What would happen if the zoo put the lions in with the zebras? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 zebras zebra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put in** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the zoo | | the lions | | | with the zebras | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lion=Goal | 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} The zebras would chase the lions away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t6:o1:1 # text = The zebras would chase the lions away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 zebras zebra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase away** | would | the zebras | the lions | | | | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The lions would hunt them and the zebras would panic ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t6:o2:1 # text = The lions would hunt them and the zebras would panic 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 zebras zebra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 panic panic VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | would | the lions | them *= they* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **panic** | would | the zebras | | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would share the grass peacefully ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t6:o3:1 # text = They would share the grass peacefully 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 peacefully peacefully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | would | They | the grass | | | | peacefully *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, because zoo lions quickly forget how to hunt at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing, because zoo lions quickly forget how to hunt at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | zoo lions | | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hunt** | to-infinitive | zoo lions *not said here* | | | all | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location | **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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