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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the social organisation of lions. Exam question 4 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 que
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# Exam question 4 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the social organisation of lions.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, social organisation

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the social organisation of lions.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the social organisation of lions |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus organisation=Experiencer |

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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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Lions are the only truly social cats, living in prides of related females with cubs and a few males

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e4:o1:1
# text = Lions are the only truly social cats, living in prides of related females with cubs and a few males
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	prides	pride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lions | the only social cats |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | the only social cats *not said here* |  |  | prides of related females with cubs and a few males |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pride=Location |
| 3 | **pride** |  |  | related females with cubs |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lions live solitary lives and meet only to fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e4:o2:1
# text = Lions live solitary lives and meet only to fight
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Lions | solitary lives |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |
| 2 | **meet** | present | Lions *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Lions *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lions live in pairs that remain together for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e4:o3:1
# text = Lions live in pairs that remain together for life
1	Lions	lion	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	_	4	case	_	_
4	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Lions |  |  | pairs |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pair=Location |
| 2 | **remain** | present | pairs |  |  |  |  | for life; together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lions form great herds that migrate with the zebras across the plains each year, led by one male

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:e4:o4:1
# text = Lions form great herds that migrate with the zebras across the plains each year, led by one male
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	migrate	migrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Lions | great herds |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herd=Theme |
| 2 | **migrate** | present | great herds |  |  | the plains | year | with the zebras | tree rules |
| 3 | **lead** | participle |  | great herds *not said here* |  |  |  | by one male | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by male=Destination |

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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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