Test 2 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

«my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, zoos, saving animals · What happens: say, save, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 animals	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 animals	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 animals	advmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 animals	case
9	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 animals	amod
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 animals	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 animals	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my uncle		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	save in a quote	gerund			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	zoos	about saving animals; always property	tree rules
4	is	present	saving animals	right property	tree rules

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

Yes, from the very first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 day	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 day	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 day	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 first	advmod
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Zoos began as hospitals for sick pets and farm animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 hospitals	case
4	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 pets	case
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pets	amod
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 animals	cc
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 animals	compound
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Zoos					as hospitals; for sick pets and farm animals	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Zoos began as farms for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 farms	case
4	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 began	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Zoos					as farms; for food	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Zoos began as kings' collections to show off power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 collections	case
4	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 collections	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 kings	case
6	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 began	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 show	compound:prt
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Zoos					as kings's collections	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	show off	to-infinitive	Zoos not said here	power					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient

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