--- title: Ascertain the approximate number of lions remaining in the wild. — The Lion King: real lions, prides and… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate number of lions remaining in the wild. Exam question 4 of lesson 124 «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/e4/) [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 Lion King: real lions, prides and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life Ascertain the approximate number of lions remaining in the wild. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lions · **What happens:** ascertain, remain · **To what, where:** approximate number, wild This is exam question 4 of lesson 124 «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate number of lions remaining in the wild. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate number of lions | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **remain** | gerund | lions *not said here* | | | the wild | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Approximately five hundred thousand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:e4:o1:1 # text = Approximately five hundred thousand 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately two hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:e4:o2:1 # text = Approximately two hundred 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Approximately twenty to twenty-five thousand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:e4:o3:1 # text = Approximately twenty to twenty-five thousand 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 compound _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 7 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Approximately two million, spread across all of Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:e4:o4:1 # text = Approximately two million, spread across all of Africa 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | participle · passive | | two million | | all | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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