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title: In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play. What is that kind o… — How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play. What is that kind of play in real young cats? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 8 · ★★ · How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing

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In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play. What is that kind of play in real young cats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nala · **What happens:** pounce, be · **To what, where:** Simba, kind

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» 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/119-how-real-cats-hunt/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:1
# text = In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play.
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	Nala	Nala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pounces	pounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Simba	Simba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pounce** | present | Nala |  |  | Simba |  | in the Lion King; in play | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in king=Trajectory |

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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 that kind of play in real young cats?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:2
# text = What is that kind of play in real young cats?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that kind |  |  |  | of play; in real young cats | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Practice for hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:o1:1
# text = Practice for hunting
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sign they are feeling ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:o2:1
# text = A sign they are feeling ill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | a sign |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dance to attract birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:o3:1
# text = A dance to attract birds
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | to-infinitive |  | birds |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A real fight to the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:119-how-real-cats-hunt:t8:o4:1
# text = A real fight to the end
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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