--- title: A tourist sees a hard little spur hidden in a lion's tail tuft. What… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics description: A tourist sees a hard little spur hidden in a lion's tail tuft. What is it for? 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What is it for? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tourist · **What happens:** see, hide, be · **To what, where:** hard little spur, tail tuft, tourist This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A tourist sees a hard little spur hidden in a lion's tail tuft. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:1 # text = A tourist sees a hard little spur hidden in a lion's tail tuft. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tourist tourist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spur spur NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | a tourist | a hard little spur | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spur=Stimulus | | 2 | **hide** | participle | | a hard little spur *not said here* | | a lion's tail tuft | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tuft=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:2 # text = What is it for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | tourist | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is a poison sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:o1:1 # text = It is a poison sting 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a poison sting | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is used to dig holes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:o2:1 # text = It is used to dig holes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive | | holes | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It holds the tuft on ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:o3:1 # text = It holds the tuft on 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold on** | present | It | the tuft | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuft=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nobody knows yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t12:o4:1 # text = Nobody knows yet 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 yet yet ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Nobody | | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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