--- title: A tiger fails its first 9 hunts this week. Is something wrong with it? — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics description: A tiger fails its first 9 hunts this week. Is something wrong with it? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c… A tiger fails its first 9 hunts this week. Is something wrong with it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tiger, first 9 · **What happens:** fail, hunt, be · **To what, where:** something This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A tiger fails its first 9 hunts this week. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:1 # text = A tiger fails its first 9 hunts this week. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fails fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hunts hunt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | present | a tiger | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hunt** | present | tiger's first 9 | | | | week | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is something wrong with it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:2 # text = Is something wrong with it? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | something | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, real tigers never miss ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:o1:1 # text = Yes, real tigers never miss 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 miss miss 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 | **not** **miss** | present | real tigers | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it must be blind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:o2:1 # text = Yes, it must be blind 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | it | | | | | blind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} No, tigers do not really need to eat every week ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:o3:1 # text = No, tigers do not really need to eat every week 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | tigers | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | tigers *not said here* | | | | week | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Not necessarily, perhaps only 1 hunt in 10 succeeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t5:o4:1 # text = Not necessarily, perhaps only 1 hunt in 10 succeeds 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 necessarily necessarily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 succeeds succeed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** | present | 1 hunt in 10 | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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