--- title: A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. What will its pack do? — The African savanna area: hippos, meer… · tree and pragmatics description: A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. What will its pack do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 102 «The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wild dogs and hyenas» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches/t11/) [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: hippos, meer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil… A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. What will its pack do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sick old wild dog, pack · **What happens:** not hunt, do This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 102 «The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wild dogs and hyenas» 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/102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:1 # text = A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 any any ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hunt** | can | a sick old wild dog | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What will its pack do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:2 # text = What will its pack do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | dog's pack | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Share food with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:o1:1 # text = Share food with it 1 Share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | food | | | | with food | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Make it guard the pups only ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:o2:1 # text = Make it guard the pups only 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pups pup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **guard** | infinitive | | the pups | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pup=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} Chase it out of the pack ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:o3:1 # text = Chase it out of the pack 1 Chase chase VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the pack | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pack=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leave it with the hyenas ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t11:o4:1 # text = Leave it with the hyenas 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hyenas hyena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with the hyenas | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with hyena=Theme | **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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