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description: In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king. Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 6 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

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In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king. Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Simba, home · **What happens:** grow up, walk back, be, bear

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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/114-back-to-the-wild/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:1
# text = In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Simba	Simba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | present | Simba |  |  |  |  | in the Lion King; away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in king=Location |
| 2 | **walk back** | present | Simba *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as king | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:2
# text = Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | home |  |  |  |  | for a real born lion; hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It never learnt to hunt or avoid danger in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:o1:1
# text = It never learnt to hunt or avoid danger in the wild
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	learnt	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **avoid** | infinitive |  | danger |  | the wild |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real lions do not have families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:o2:1
# text = Real lions do not have families
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | Real lions | families |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real lions are scared of the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:o3:1
# text = Real lions are scared of the sun
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real lions |  |  |  |  | of the sun; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Real lions cannot walk such long distances on their own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t6:o4:1
# text = Real lions cannot walk such long distances on their own
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | can | Real lions | long distances |  | lions's own |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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