Test 6 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature
In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king. Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Simba, home · What happens: grow up, walk back, be, bear
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: In The Lion King, Simba grows up away from home and walks back as king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 King | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 King | compound |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grows | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| 6 | Simba | Simba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grows | nsubj |
| 7 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 grows | compound:prt |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 grows | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 away | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 walks | cc |
| 13 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grows | conj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 walks | advmod |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 king | case |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 walks | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 grows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | present | Simba | in the Lion King; away property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in king=Location | ||||
| 2 | walk back | present | Simba not said here | as king | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Why is it harder for a real zoo-born lion?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 harder | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 harder | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 harder | nsubj |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 lion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lion | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lion | amod |
| 8 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 born | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 zoo | punct |
| 10 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 lion | amod |
| 11 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harder | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 harder | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | home | for a real born lion; hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It never learnt to hunt or avoid danger in the wild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 learnt | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 learnt | advmod |
| 3 | learnt | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hunt | mark |
| 5 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learnt | xcomp |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 avoid | cc |
| 7 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hunt | conj |
| 8 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 avoid | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 wild | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wild | det |
| 11 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 avoid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | past | It | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hunt | to-infinitive | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | avoid | infinitive | danger | the wild | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location |
Option 2
Real lions do not have families
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lions | amod |
| 2 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | Real lions | families | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
Option 3
Real lions are scared of the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lions | amod |
| 2 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real lions | of the sun; scared property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Real lions cannot walk such long distances on their own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lions | amod |
| 2 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 walk | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 walk | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 walk | advmod |
| 5 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | such | such | ADV | _ | 7 long | advmod |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 distances | amod |
| 8 | distances | distance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 walk | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 own | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 own | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not walk | can | Real lions | long distances | lions's own | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory |
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