--- title: ugh tigers are basically extinct anyway, why bother — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics description: ugh tigers are basically extinct anyway, why bother Test 11 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/t11/) [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 tiger: the biggest and strongest c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c… ugh tigers are basically extinct anyway, why bother **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tigers · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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/19-the-tiger/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t11:1 # text = ugh tigers are basically extinct anyway, why bother 1 ugh ugh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 basically basically ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 parataxis _ _ 9 bother bother PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | tigers | | | | | anyway, basically, extinct *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, there are none left anywhere at all, not even in the forests of India ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, there are none left anywhere at all, not even in the forests of India 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 5 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | | | all | | anywhere *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | the forests | | of India | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, only cartoon tigers exist ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, only cartoon tigers exist 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 exist exist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | present | cartoon tigers | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, about 5,500 remain, and protection has made numbers grow in India and Nepal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t11:o3:1 # text = No, about 5,500 remain, and protection has made numbers grow in India and Nepal 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 5,500 5,500 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 5 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Nepal Nepal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | 5,500 | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | | protection | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **grow** | present | made numbers | | | India and Nepal | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in india=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, there are millions in Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t11:o4:1 # text = No, there are millions in Africa 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | millions in Africa | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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