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title: In The Lion King the hyenas only steal leftovers from lions. What is… — The African savanna area: hippos, meer… · tree and pragmatics
description: In The Lion King the hyenas only steal leftovers from lions. What is real? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil…

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In The Lion King the hyenas only steal leftovers from lions. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hyenas · **What happens:** steal, be · **To what, where:** leftovers

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Lion King the hyenas only steal leftovers from lions.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:1
# text = In The Lion King the hyenas only steal leftovers from lions.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | the hyenas | leftovers |  |  |  | in the Lion King; from lions | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent leftover=Theme from lion=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lions always share their meat with hyenas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:o1:1
# text = Lions always share their meat with hyenas
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Lions | Lions's meat |  |  |  | with hyenas; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hyenas never hunt anything themselves, they just steal from lions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:o2:1
# text = Hyenas never hunt anything themselves, they just steal from lions
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | present | Hyenas | anything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | present | Hyenas *= hyena* |  |  |  |  | from lions | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hyenas only eat plants and berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:o3:1
# text = Hyenas only eat plants and berries
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Hyenas | plants and berries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Hyenas hunt most of their food, and lions often steal from them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t4:o4:1
# text = Hyenas hunt most of their food, and lions often steal from them
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Hyenas | most of Hyenas's food |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | present | lions |  |  |  |  | from Hyenas *= hyena*; often *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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