--- title: What would happen if a meerkat mob had no lookout while feeding? — Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and wa… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a meerkat mob had no lookout while feeding? Test 6 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/t6/) [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/) / [Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and wa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/) / t6 # Test 6 · Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs What would happen if a meerkat mob had no lookout while feeding? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** meerkat mob · **What happens:** happen, have, feed · **To what, where:** lookout This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a meerkat mob had no lookout while feeding? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 meerkat meerkat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 mob mob NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 lookout lookout NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a meerkat mob | no lookout | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lookout=Patient | | 3 | **feed** | gerund | a meerkat mob *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | 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} They would find more food safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t6:o1:1 # text = They would find more food safely 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 safely safely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | would | They | more food | | | | safely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nothing, meerkats are too fast to be hunted by anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t6:o2:1 # text = Nothing, meerkats are too fast to be hunted by anything 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 meerkats meerkat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 hunted hunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | meerkats | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive · passive | meerkats *not said here* | | | | | by anything | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: by anything=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would all fall asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t6:o3:1 # text = They would all fall asleep 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | would | They | | | | | all, asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Hawks could catch them before they noticed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t6:o4:1 # text = Hawks could catch them before they noticed 1 Hawks hawk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | could | Hawks | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | past | Hawks *= hawk* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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