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description: A cartoon shows meerkats in an East African rainforest singing in Swahili. What is real? Test 9 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 r
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# Test 9 · Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs

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A cartoon shows meerkats in an East African rainforest singing in Swahili. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, East African rainforest · **What happens:** show, sing, be · **To what, where:** meerkats, Swahili

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows meerkats in an East African rainforest singing in Swahili.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:1
# text = A cartoon shows meerkats in an East African rainforest singing in Swahili.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Swahili	Swahili	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | meerkats |  |  |  | in a East African rainforest | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent meerkat=Patient in rainforest=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a East African rainforest *not said here* |  |  | Swahili |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in swahili=Location |

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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:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Meerkats live only in Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:o1:1
# text = Meerkats live only in Asia
1	Meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Meerkats |  |  | Asia |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in asia=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Meerkats speak Swahili

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:o2:1
# text = Meerkats speak Swahili
1	Meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Swahili	Swahili	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Meerkats | Swahili |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Meerkats live in every rainforest in Africa and sing in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:o3:1
# text = Meerkats live in every rainforest in Africa and sing in the trees
1	Meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Meerkats |  |  | every rainforest |  | in Africa | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rainforest=Location |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Meerkats *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Swahili is spoken in East Africa, but meerkats live in southern Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:t9:o4:1
# text = Swahili is spoken in East Africa, but meerkats live in southern Africa
1	Swahili	swahili	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Swahili |  | East Africa |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | meerkats |  |  | southern Africa |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in africa=Location |

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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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