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title: A warthog meets a leopard in its burrow entrance. Why is it safer fa… — Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and wa… · tree and pragmatics
description: A warthog meets a leopard in its burrow entrance. Why is it safer facing out? Test 10 of lesson 125 «Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs» 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 10 · Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs

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A warthog meets a leopard in its burrow entrance. Why is it safer facing out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** warthog · **What happens:** meet, be, face out · **To what, where:** leopard, burrow entrance

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This is test 10 of lesson 125 «Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs» 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/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A warthog meets a leopard in its burrow entrance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:1
# text = A warthog meets a leopard in its burrow entrance.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warthog	warthog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	burrow	burrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | a warthog | a leopard |  | warthog's burrow entrance |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leopard=Co-Agent |

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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 safer facing out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:2
# text = Why is it safer facing out?
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	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | warthog |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **face out** | gerund | warthog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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It can charge out tusks first rather than be grabbed from behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:o1:1
# text = It can charge out tusks first rather than be grabbed from behind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
7	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	10	cc	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge out** | can | It | tusks |  |  |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tusk=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: from behind=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leopards are scared of warthog tails and run off when they see one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:o2:1
# text = Leopards are scared of warthog tails and run off when they see one
1	Leopards	leopard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	warthog	warthog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Leopards |  |  |  |  | of warthog tails; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | present | Leopards *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | present | Leopards *= leopard* | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can hide its face in the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:o3:1
# text = It can hide its face in the soil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | can | It | its face |  | the soil |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient in soil=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Facing out lets it sleep better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t10:o4:1
# text = Facing out lets it sleep better
1	Facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | present | Facing | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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