--- title: Why does a lion roar at dawn rather than in the hot afternoon? — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a lion roar at dawn rather than in the hot afternoon? Test 7 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; Mova's choice was right --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides… Why does a lion roar at dawn rather than in the hot afternoon? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** lion roar This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t7:1 # text = Why does a lion roar at dawn rather than in the hot afternoon? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 13 cc _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a lion roar | | | dawn | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roar=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} Dawn is the only time other lions are awake ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t7:o1:1 # text = Dawn is the only time other lions are awake 1 Dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Dawn | the only time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | other lions | the only time *not said here* | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sound carries furthest in cool, still air ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t7:o2:1 # text = Sound carries furthest in cool, still air 1 Sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 furthest furth ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Sound | air | | cool | | furth *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent air=Value in cool=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} They need the sun to see who else is roaring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t7:o3:1 # text = They need the sun to see who else is roaring 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 else else ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | They | the sun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **roar** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lions lose their voice in the hot afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t7:o4:1 # text = Lions lose their voice in the hot afternoon 1 Lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | Lions | Lions's voice | | | afternoon | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | **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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