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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the habitat of the wild lion? Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the habitat of the wild lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** habitat

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the habitat of the wild lion?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the habitat of the wild lion |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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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Dense tropical jungle throughout South America, together with the forests of Borneo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e2:o1:1
# text = Dense tropical jungle throughout South America, together with the forests of Borneo
1	Dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	tropical	tropical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Borneo	Borneo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ice fields of the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e2:o2:1
# text = The ice fields of the Arctic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The coniferous forests of the far north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e2:o3:1
# text = The coniferous forests of the far north
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coniferous	coniferous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Savanna, grassland and open woodland in Africa, together with the Gir Forest of India

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e2:o4:1
# text = Savanna, grassland and open woodland in Africa, together with the Gir Forest of India
1	Savanna	Savanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Gir	Gir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Forest	Forest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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