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title: «hornbill waiting outside the mongoose hole in the morning, weird» W… — The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zaz… · tree and pragmatics
description: «hornbill waiting outside the mongoose hole in the morning, weird» Why might it wait? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 10 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

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«hornbill waiting outside the mongoose hole in the morning, weird» Why might it wait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hornbill · **What happens:** wait · **To what, where:** mongoose hole

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» 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/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t10:1
# text = «hornbill waiting outside the mongoose hole in the morning, weird» Why might it wait?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hornbill	hornbill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mongoose	mongoose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | hornbill *not said here* |  |  | the mongoose hole in the morning |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside hole=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | might | hornbill |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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It wants to catch and eat the young mongooses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t10:o1:1
# text = It wants to catch and eat the young mongooses
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mongooses	mongoose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | infinitive |  | the young mongooses |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mongoose=Patient |

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

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It hunts insects the mongooses stir up when they wake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t10:o2:1
# text = It hunts insects the mongooses stir up when they wake
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mongooses	mongoose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stir	stir	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | It | insects |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme |
| 2 | **stir up** | present | the mongooses |  |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **wake** | present | mongooses *= mongoose* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is guarding its own eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t10:o3:1
# text = It is guarding its own eggs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present · progressive | It | its own eggs |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t10:o4:1
# text = It is lost
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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