--- title: Why would a mother hippo's red skin liquid be useful on a hot day? — The African savanna area: hippos, meer… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a mother hippo's red skin liquid be useful on a hot day? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil… Why would a mother hippo's red skin liquid be useful on a hot day? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** red skin liquid · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t9:1 # text = Why would a mother hippo's red skin liquid be useful on a hot day? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 hippo hippo NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | a mother hippo's red skin liquid | | | | day | useful *property* | 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 {#o1} It makes her look scary to lions ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t9:o1:1 # text = It makes her look scary to lions 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | to lions; scary *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to lion=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It keeps flies away by smelling of flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t9:o2:1 # text = It keeps flies away by smelling of flowers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 smelling smell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep away** | present | It | flies | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | | 2 | **smell** | gerund | | | | | | of flowers | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of flower=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It cools her down by turning to ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t9:o3:1 # text = It cools her down by turning to ice 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cools cool VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool down** | present | It | her *= she* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | | | ice | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ice=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It works like sunscreen for her skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:102-the-african-savanna-area-hippos-meerkats-ostriches:t9:o4:1 # text = It works like sunscreen for her skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sunscreen sunscreen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | like sunscreen; for her skin | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for skin=Beneficiary | **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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