Test 8 · ★★★ · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

A zoo has space for one big area or many small cages. Which is a strong reason to choose fewer kinds with more space?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo · What happens: have, be, choose · To what, where: space, strong reason, fewer kinds

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» 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: A zoo has space for one big area or many small cages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 zoo	det
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 area	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 area	nummod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 area	amod
8	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 space	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 cages	cc
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cages	amod
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cages	amod
12	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 area	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a zoo	space				for one big area or many small cages	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Patient

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: Which is a strong reason to choose fewer kinds with more space?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 choose	mark
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl
8	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 kinds	amod
9	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 choose	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 space	case
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 space	amod
12	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kinds	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a strong reason					tree rules
2	choose	to-infinitive		fewer kinds				with more space	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme

The options

Option 1

More kinds of animals always means happier animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 kinds	amod
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kinds	nmod
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 means	advmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	More kinds of animals	happier animals				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Topic

Option 2

Visitors prefer small cages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cages	amod
4	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Visitors	small cages					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Animals need space, choice and things to do to stay healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 choice	punct
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 space	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 things	cc
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 space	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stay	mark
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 do	advcl
12	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	Animals	space and choice and things		tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	space and choice and things not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stay	to-infinitive	space and choice and things not said here		healthy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Small cages are better for breeding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cages	amod
2	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 better	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 better	cop
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 breeding	case
6	breeding	breeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Small cages					for breeding; good property	tree rules

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