Test 4 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

How could you tell a good zoo from a bad one on a visit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: tell · To what, where: good zoo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 tell	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 zoo	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 zoo	amod
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 visit	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 visit	det
14	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	could	you	a good zoo				from a bad one on a visit	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zoo=Recipient

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

See if it sells the cheapest ice cream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	See	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 sells	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sells	nsubj
4	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 See	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cream	det
6	cheapest	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 cream	amod
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	imperative	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sell a condition, not said to happen	present	it	the cheapest ice cream					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check it is accredited and its animals have space and things to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accredited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accredited	aux:pass
4	accredited	accredit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Check	ccomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 have	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 animals	nmod:poss
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	conj
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 things	cc
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 space	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 things	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	accredit	present · passive		it	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	have	present	its animals	space and things	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Patient
4	do	to-infinitive	its animals not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Count how many animals do tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animals	amod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Count	ccomp
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	do	present	many animals	tricks					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality

Option 4

Check if you are allowed to touch and feed everything you see there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 allowed	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Check	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 touch	mark
7	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feed	cc
9	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 touch	conj
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 feed	obj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 see	nsubj
12	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 everything	acl:relcl
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	allow a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		you		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	touch not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	feed	infinitive	you not said here	everything		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
5	see	present	you		there	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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