--- title: Why is a waterhole a dangerous place for a giraffe? — The African savanna area: giraffes, ze… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a waterhole a dangerous place for a giraffe? Test 8 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and ant… Why is a waterhole a dangerous place for a giraffe? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** waterhole · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dangerous place This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t8:1 # text = Why is a waterhole a dangerous place for a giraffe? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 waterhole waterhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 giraffe giraffe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a waterhole | a dangerous place | | | | for a giraffe | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It must bend down awkwardly and cannot run quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t8:o1:1 # text = It must bend down awkwardly and cannot run quickly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 awkwardly awkwardly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend down** | must | It | | | | | awkwardly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **run** | can | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Its neck sinks into the mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t8:o2:1 # text = Its neck sinks into the mud 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | Its neck | | | the mud | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Crocodiles climb up trees to catch giraffes as they drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t8:o3:1 # text = Crocodiles climb up trees to catch giraffes as they drink 1 Crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 giraffes giraffe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | present | Crocodiles | trees | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Crocodiles *not said here* | giraffes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giraffe=Theme | | 3 | **drink** | present | Crocodiles *= crocodile* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The water is too cold for its long legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t8:o4:1 # text = The water is too cold for its long legs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | for water's long legs; cold *property* | tree rules | **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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