Test 1 · ★ · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

«just smack it with a stick if it won't do what u want, works on my brother lol» What do good zoos really do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stick, u, good zoos · What happens: smack, not do, want, work, do · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 smack	punct
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 smack	advmod
3	smack	smack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smack	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 stick	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smack	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 do	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 do	advmod
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 smack	advcl
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 want	obj
14	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 want	nsubj
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 do	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 works	punct
17	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 do	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 brother	case
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 brother	nmod:poss
20	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 works	obl
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 smack	discourse
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 smack	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 smack	obj
24	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 do	aux
25	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 zoos	amod
26	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 do	nsubj
27	really	really	ADV	_	28 do	advmod
28	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 What	acl:relcl
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 smack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smack in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it	with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient what=Result with stick=Instrument
2	not do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	future	stick			tree rules
3	want in a quote	present	u			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4	work in a quote	present	stick not said here		on my brother	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on brother=Theme
5	do	present · do-support	good zoos			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

Use a stick but only gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stick	det
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 gently	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 gently	advmod
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Use	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a stick					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient

Option 2

Shout until the animal obeys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 obeys	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obeys	nsubj
5	obeys	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	obey	present	the animal						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Use rewards only and let the animal choose to take part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	1 Use	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	obj
8	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 take	mark
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 choose	xcomp
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	rewards	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Patient
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	the animal	tree rules
3	choose	infinitive	the animal not said here		tree rules
4	take	to-infinitive	the animal not said here	part	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 4

Starve the animal for a few days until it finally obeys you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starve	starve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starve	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 days	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Starve	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 obeys	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 obeys	nsubj
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 obeys	advmod
11	obeys	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Starve	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 obeys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	imperative	you not said here	the animal			day		tree rules
2	obey	present	animal	you				finally property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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