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title: «hyena just crunched a whole bone lol is it broken» What is right? — The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zaz… · tree and pragmatics
description: «hyena just crunched a whole bone lol is it broken» What is right? Test 8 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

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«hyena just crunched a whole bone lol is it broken» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hyena · **What happens:** crunch, break, be · **To what, where:** whole bone, hyena

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t8:1
# text = «hyena just crunched a whole bone lol is it broken» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hyena	hyena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	crunched	crunch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crunch** *in a quote* | past | hyena | a whole bone |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | hyena |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Hyenas cannot eat bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t8:o1:1
# text = Hyenas cannot eat bones
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | can | Hyenas | bones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It will be very sick afterwards, as bones are poison to hyenas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t8:o2:1
# text = It will be very sick afterwards, as bones are poison to hyenas
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | It |  |  |  |  | afterwards, sick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | bones |  |  |  |  | as poison; to hyenas | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, its jaw must be broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, its jaw must be broken
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	broken	break	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 | **break** | must · passive |  | its jaw |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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Its strong bite can crush and digest bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t8:o4:1
# text = Its strong bite can crush and digest bones
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	crush	crush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | can | Its strong bite |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **digest** | infinitive | Its strong bite *not said here* | bones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bite** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=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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