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title: In The Lion King, Simba's dad does the hunting and the lionesses wai… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics
description: In The Lion King, Simba's dad does the hunting and the lionesses wait at home. What is real lion life like? Test 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 questio
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# Test 2 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

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In The Lion King, Simba's dad does the hunting and the lionesses wait at home. What is real lion life like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, lionesses, real lion life · **What happens:** do, wait, be · **To what, where:** hunting, home

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Lion King, Simba's dad does the hunting and the lionesses wait at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:1
# text = In The Lion King, Simba's dad does the hunting and the lionesses wait at home.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Simba	Simba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lionesses	lioness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Simba's dad | the hunting |  |  |  | in the Lion King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wait** | present | the lionesses |  |  | home |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real lion life like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:2
# text = What is real lion life like?
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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | real lion life |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The cubs hunt for the adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:o1:1
# text = The cubs hunt for the adults
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | the cubs |  |  |  |  | for the adults | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for adult=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The lionesses do most of the hunting, the males guard the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:o2:1
# text = The lionesses do most of the hunting, the males guard the land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lionesses	lioness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	guard	guard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the lionesses | most of the hunting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality |
| 2 | **guard** | present | the males | the land |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Males do all the hunting alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:o3:1
# text = Males do all the hunting alone
1	Males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Males | all hunting |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody hunts, the pride eats fruit and grass that grows near the den

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t2:o4:1
# text = Nobody hunts, the pride eats fruit and grass that grows near the den
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | present | the pride | fruit and grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | present | fruit and grass |  |  | the den |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near den=Location |

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