--- title: If lions disappeared from a savanna, what might happen to the grass? — The Lion King: real lions, prides and… · tree and pragmatics description: If lions disappeared from a savanna, what might happen to the grass? Test 11 · ★★ 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 rig --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life If lions disappeared from a savanna, what might happen to the grass? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lions, savanna · **What happens:** disappear, happen · **To what, where:** savanna This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t11:1 # text = If lions disappeared from a savanna, what might happen to the grass? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 savanna savanna NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | participle | lions | | | a savanna | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from savanna=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **happen** | might | a savanna | | | | | to the grass | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t11:o1:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The grass would turn into thick trees and bushes within a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t11:o2:1 # text = The grass would turn into thick trees and bushes within a year 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | the grass | | | thick trees and bushes | year | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tree=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The grass would stop needing rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t11:o3:1 # text = The grass would stop needing rain 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 needing need VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the grass | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **need** | gerund | the grass *not said here* | rain | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rain=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Antelopes could grow in number and eat much more of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:124-the-lion-king-real-lions:t11:o4:1 # text = Antelopes could grow in number and eat much more of it 1 Antelopes antelope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | could | Antelopes | | | number | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 2 | **eat** | present | Antelopes *not said here* | more of number | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | **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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