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Test 9 · ★ · Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo…

A sign at the zoo says "Do not feed the animals". Why should you obey it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, you · What happens: say, not feed, obey · To what, where: animals, zoo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo animals» of the everyday 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 sign at the zoo says "Do not feed the animals".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 zoo	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 zoo	det
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 feed	punct
8	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 feed	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 feed	advmod
10	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 animals	det
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feed	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 feed	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a sign at the zoo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not feed in a quote	infinitive · do-support			the animals				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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.

Sentence 2: Why should you obey it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 obey	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 obey	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 obey	nsubj
4	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 obey	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	should	you	zoo					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

The sign is only there to save money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 there	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 there	advmod
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 save	mark
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 there	advcl
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sign					there property	tree rules
2	save	to-infinitive	the sign not said here	money					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 2

The sign only applies to adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applies	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 applies	advmod
4	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the sign					to adults	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Zoo animals are wild and the keepers know what is safe for them

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	4 wild	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wild	cop
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 know	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 keepers	det
7	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wild	conj
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 safe	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 know	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zoo animals					wild property	tree rules
2	know	present	the keepers						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present						for keepers = keeper; safe property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The animals are always tame and harmless, so feeding them is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tame	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tame	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 tame	advmod
5	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 harmless	cc
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tame	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 fine	advmod
10	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 fine	csubj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feeding	obj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tame	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the animals					always, tame property	tree rules
2	be		the animals not said here						tree rules
3	feed	gerund		animals = animal					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
4	is	present	feeding					fine property	tree rules

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