Test 6 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

«bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit much innit» Was the keeper right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bloke, keeper · What happens: keep, bang, go, bite, be · To what, where: glass, much innit, keeper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	_	3 kept	punct
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	banging	bang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banging	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gorillas	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gorillas	det
9	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banging	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
11	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	conj
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 went	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bit	punct
15	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 keeper	csubj
16	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 innit	amod
17	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bit	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 bit	punct
19	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 keeper	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 keeper	det
21	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	parataxis
22	right	right	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	past	bloke		right property	tree rules
2	bang in a quote	gerund	bloke not said here	the glass	at the gorillas	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent glass=Theme at gorilla=Trajectory
3	go in a quote	past	keeper		mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	bite in a quote	past		much innit		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=Patient
5	is a	past		the keeper		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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, but only because the glass is expensive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 expensive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 expensive	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 expensive	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 expensive	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glass	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expensive	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 expensive	cop
9	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the glass					expensive property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, banging frightens animals that cannot get away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 frightens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	banging	banging	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightens	nsubj
4	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frightens	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 get	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 animals	acl:relcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present	banging	animals					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer
2	not get away	can	animals					away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, glass blocks all sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 blocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocks	nsubj
4	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	glass	all sound					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sound=Theme

Option 4

No, gorillas enjoy the noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 enjoy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enjoy	nsubj
4	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 noise	det
6	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enjoy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	present	gorillas	the noise					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

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