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title: Ascertain the approximate distance at which the roar of a lion may b… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the approximate distance at which the roar of a lion may be heard. Exam question 3 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 of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

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Ascertain the approximate distance at which the roar of a lion may be heard.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lion · **What happens:** ascertain, hear, roar · **To what, where:** approximate distance, roar

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the approximate distance at which the roar of a lion may be heard.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate distance |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | may · passive |  | the roar of a lion |  |  |  | at the approximate distance | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **roar** |  | a lion |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Approximately eight kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e3:o1:1
# text = Approximately eight kilometres
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is audible only within the immediate pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e3:o2:1
# text = It is audible only within the immediate pride
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	cop	_	_
3	audible	audible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | within the immediate pride; audible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately eighty kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e3:o3:1
# text = Approximately eighty kilometres
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Approximately eighty metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e3:o4:1
# text = Approximately eighty metres
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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