--- title: What would happen if a hungry leopard grabbed a porcupine? — Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a hungry leopard grabbed a porcupine? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/t6/) [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/) / [Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and… What would happen if a hungry leopard grabbed a porcupine? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hungry leopard · **What happens:** happen, grab · **To what, where:** porcupine This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a hungry leopard grabbed a porcupine? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grab** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a hungry leopard | a porcupine | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porcupine=Theme | 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} The porcupine would shoot it from far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t6:o1:1 # text = The porcupine would shoot it from far away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | would | the porcupine | it | | | | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The leopard would turn into a porcupine ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t6:o2:1 # text = The leopard would turn into a porcupine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | the leopard | | | | | into a porcupine *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into porcupine=Result | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could end up with quills stuck painfully in its face and paws ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t6:o3:1 # text = It could end up with quills stuck painfully in its face and paws 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 quills quill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 painfully painfully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end up** | could | It | | | | | with quills | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stick** | participle | | quills *not said here* | | its face and paws | | painfully *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in face=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, quills are soft as hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing, quills are soft as hair 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 quills quill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | quills | | | | | as hair; soft *property* | tree rules | **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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