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title: A keeper hears a tiger make a soft puffing sound. Should she worry? — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics
description: A keeper hears a tiger make a soft puffing sound. Should she worry? Test 9 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 9 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

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A keeper hears a tiger make a soft puffing sound. Should she worry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** keeper, tiger · **What happens:** hear, make, worry · **To what, where:** tiger, soft puffing sound

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A keeper hears a tiger make a soft puffing sound.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:1
# text = A keeper hears a tiger make a soft puffing sound.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	puffing	puffing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | a keeper | a tiger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | a tiger *not said here* | a soft puffing sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

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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:* Should she worry?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:2
# text = Should she worry?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **worry** | should | keeper |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it means it is ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, it means it is ill
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, chuffing is a friendly hello

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:o2:1
# text = No, chuffing is a friendly hello
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chuffing	chuffing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | chuffing | a friendly hello |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it means it is tired and wants to sleep now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:o3:1
# text = No, it means it is tired and wants to sleep now
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | now |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it means it will attack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, it means it will attack
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **attack** | future | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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