--- title: Why does a cheetah not roar at her cubs? — Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a cheetah not roar at her cubs? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/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/) / [Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat Why does a cheetah not roar at her cubs? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** cheetah, cubs This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t5:1 # text = Why does a cheetah not roar at her cubs? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cheetah cheetah NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a cheetah | | cheetah's cubs | | roar *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheetah=Eventuality | 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} She does not want lions to hear ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t5:o1:1 # text = She does not want lions to hear 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | She | lions | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lions *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Cheetahs cannot roar; she chirps, and the cubs answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t5:o2:1 # text = Cheetahs cannot roar; she chirps, and the cubs answer 1 Cheetahs cheetah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 roar roar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chirps chirp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 answer answer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **roar** | can | Cheetahs | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **chirp** | present | she | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | the cubs | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She roars only on Sundays ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t5:o3:1 # text = She roars only on Sundays 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 roars roar VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar** | present | She | | | | sunday | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her cubs are deaf and cannot hear a roar at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t5:o4:1 # text = Her cubs are deaf and cannot hear a roar at all 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her cubs | | | | | deaf *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hear** | can | Her cubs *not said here* | a roar | | all | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer roar=Stimulus | **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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