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title: Why would two tigers living in one small patch of forest have trouble? — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would two tigers living in one small patch of forest have trouble? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

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Why would two tigers living in one small patch of forest have trouble?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two tigers · **What happens:** live, have · **To what, where:** one small patch, trouble

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t8:1
# text = Why would two tigers living in one small patch of forest have trouble?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | two tigers *not said here* |  |  | one small patch of forest |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in patch=Location |
| 2 | **have** | would | two tigers | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tigers are scared of each other's stripes, so they keep running away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t8:o1:1
# text = Tigers are scared of each other's stripes, so they keep running away
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tigers |  |  |  |  | of each other's stripes; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Tigers *= tiger* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run away** | gerund | Tigers *= tiger* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Prey is spread out, so there is only enough for one tiger in each area

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t8:o2:1
# text = Prey is spread out, so there is only enough for one tiger in each area
1	Prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread out** | present · passive |  | Prey |  |  |  | for one tiger in each area | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present |  |  |  | there |  | enough *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would get too warm together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t8:o3:1
# text = They would get too warm together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | They |  |  |  |  | together, warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two tigers always become friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t8:o4:1
# text = Two tigers always become friends
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Two tigers | friends |  |  |  | always *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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