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title: «lions are lazy, the girls do all the work» What is right? — The Lion King: real lions, prides and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «lions are lazy, the girls do all the work» What is right? Test 1 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life

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«lions are lazy, the girls do all the work» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lions, girls · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** work · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 124 «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life» 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/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t1:1
# text = «lions are lazy, the girls do all the work» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
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	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lions |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | the girls | all work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wrong, the cubs do all the hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t1:o1:1
# text = Wrong, the cubs do all the hunting
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the Wrong cubs | all hunting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Lionesses do most hunting, but males hunt too and guard the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t1:o2:1
# text = Lionesses do most hunting, but males hunt too and guard the land
1	Lionesses	lioness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Lionesses | hunting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | males |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **guard** | infinitive | males *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, males only sleep and eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t1:o3:1
# text = Right, males only sleep and eat
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | males |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | present | males *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, males never do anything except sleep under trees all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t1:o4:1
# text = Right, males never do anything except sleep under trees all day long
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	except	except	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | males | anything |  | trees | day | except sleep; long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

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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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