Test 9 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the jungle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: things · What happens: be, learn

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 easier	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	aux
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 things	det
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 easier	nsubj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 easier	cop
6	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 learn	mark
8	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 easier	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 zoo	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 zoo	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 zoo	det
12	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learn	obl
13	than	than	ADP	_	16 jungle	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 jungle	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 jungle	det
16	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learn	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 easier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	some things					easy property	tree rules
2	learn	to-infinitive	some things not said here					about a zoo; than the jungle	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about zoo=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Animals can be watched and checked up close, day after day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watched	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 watched	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 watched	aux:pass
4	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 checked	cc
6	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 watched	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 checked	compound:prt
8	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 checked	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 day	punct
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watched	obl:unmarked
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 day	case
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	can · passive		Animals			day		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	check up	participle						close property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Zoo animals tell the scientists all their secrets in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 animals	compound
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	nsubj
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scientists	det
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	iobj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 secrets	det:predet
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 secrets	nmod:poss
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Zoo animals		the scientists		in the end		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scientist=Recipient

Option 3

Jungles are closed to all scientists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jungles	jungle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 closed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closed	aux:pass
3	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 scientists	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 scientists	det
6	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present · passive		Jungles	all scientists				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to scientist=Recipient

Option 4

Animals in the jungle do not exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exist	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 jungle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jungle	det
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Animals	nmod
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exist	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 exist	advmod
7	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	present · do-support	Animals in the jungle						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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