Test 5 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say
At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10». What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stall, best thing · What happens: offer, hold, be, do · To what, where: holiday resort, baby tiger
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 resort | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 resort | det |
| 3 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 resort | compound |
| 4 | resort | resort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stall | det |
| 6 | stall | stall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | nsubj |
| 7 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 hold | punct |
| 9 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 offers | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tiger | det |
| 11 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tiger | compound |
| 12 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hold | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 € | case |
| 14 | € | € | SYM | Number=Sing | 9 hold | obj |
| 15 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 € | flat |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 hold | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 offers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | a stall | a holiday resort | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | a stall not said here | a baby tiger | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Theme €=Eventuality |
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 the best thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say no, because such places breed and use cubs for money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 breed | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 breed | mark |
| 5 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 places | amod |
| 6 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 breed | nsubj |
| 7 | breed | breed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 use | cc |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 breed | conj |
| 10 | cubs | cub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 use | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 money | case |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | breed | present | such places | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | use | present | such places not said here | cubs | for money | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent cub=Theme for money=Eventuality |
Option 2
Feed it chocolate first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Feed | obj |
| 3 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Feed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | it | first property | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient chocolate=Theme |
Option 3
Buy the cub to save it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cub | det |
| 3 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 save | mark |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Buy | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | the cub | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Theme | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | you not said here | cub | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Hold it gently and pay double, so the cub gets lots more food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hold | obj |
| 3 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Hold | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 pay | cc |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hold | conj |
| 6 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gets | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 gets | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cub | det |
| 10 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hold | parataxis |
| 12 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gets | obj |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 food | amod |
| 14 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | it | gently property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | pay | infinitive | you not said here | double | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset | ||||
| 3 | get | present | the cub | lots | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary food=Theme |
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