---
title: A map shows lions once lived in southern Europe and much of Asia. Wh… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics
description: A map shows lions once lived in southern Europe and much of Asia. What is the situation now? Test 11 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 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/t11/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The lion: why people call it «king of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/) / t11

# Test 11 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A map shows lions once lived in southern Europe and much of Asia. What is the situation now?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** map, lions, situation · **What happens:** show, live, be · **To what, where:** southern Europe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 11 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A map shows lions once lived in southern Europe and much of Asia.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:1
# text = A map shows lions once lived in southern Europe and much of Asia.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a map |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | past | lions |  |  | southern Europe |  | once *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in europe=Location |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is the situation now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:2
# text = What is the situation now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the situation |  |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lions are now extinct everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:o1:1
# text = Lions are now extinct everywhere
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lions |  |  |  | now | everywhere, extinct *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mainly parts of Africa, and Asiatic lions only around Gir Forest in India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:o2:1
# text = Mainly parts of Africa, and Asiatic lions only around Gir Forest in India
1	Mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Asiatic	asiatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Gir	Gir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Forest	Forest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lions now live in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:o3:1
# text = Lions now live in every country
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Lions |  |  | every country | now |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lions have spread back into most of Europe and Asia, as they were before

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t11:o4:1
# text = Lions have spread back into most of Europe and Asia, as they were before
1	Lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread back** | present · perfect | Lions |  |  | most of Europe and Asia |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into most=Destination |
| 2 | **be** | past | Lions *= lion* |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The lion: why people call it «king of…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/t10/)
- next →: [The lion: why people call it «king of…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/t12/)
- ↑ back to [The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/)