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title: In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves. What is w… — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves. What is wrong? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

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In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pack · **What happens:** hunt, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | a pack of tigers |  |  | a cartoon |  | like wolves; together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tigers do not hunt at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:o1:1
# text = Tigers do not hunt at all
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | present · do-support | Tigers |  |  | all |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, tigers always hunt in big packs, just like wolves do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing, tigers always hunt in big packs, just like wolves do
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Nothing tigers |  |  | big packs |  | always *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pack=Location |
| 2 | **do** | present | wolves |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tigers live and hunt alone, except mothers with cubs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:o3:1
# text = Tigers live and hunt alone, except mothers with cubs
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	except	except	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Tigers |  |  |  |  | except mothers with cubs | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | Tigers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tigers hunt only in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t2:o4:1
# text = Tigers hunt only in water
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Tigers |  |  | water |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |

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