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Test 4 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night. What is true of real zoos?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: animals · What happens: walk out, be · To what, where: zoo, Madagascar

This is test 4 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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 Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Madagascar	case
2	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walk	nsubj
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 zoo	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 zoo	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 zoo	det
9	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	present	the animals	the zoo		Madagascar	night		vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Attribute

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: What is true of real zoos?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 zoos	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 zoos	amod
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of real zoos; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Escapes are rare, and zoos practise drills for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Escapes	escape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rare	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rare	cop
3	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 practise	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 practise	cc
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 practise	nsubj
7	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rare	conj
8	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 practise	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 practise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Escapes					rare property	tree rules
2	practise	present	zoos	drills				for Escapes = escape	tree rules

Option 2

Real zoos have no locks at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 zoos	amod
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 locks	det
5	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Real zoos	no locks		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient

Option 3

Zoos leave the gates open at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leave	nsubj
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gates	det
4	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leave	obj
5	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leave	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Zoos	the gates			night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme
2	open	present	Zoos not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Animals escape every night and quietly come back by morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	nsubj
2	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escape	obl:unmarked
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 come	cc
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 escape	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 morning	case
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	present	Animals				night		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	infinitive	Animals not said here				morning	quietly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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