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title: «why'd the zoo need to grow eucalyptus just for the koalas, give 'em… — What a habitat is: home, food, shelter… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why'd the zoo need to grow eucalyptus just for the koalas, give 'em lettuce» What is right? Test 10 of lesson 1 «What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 10 · What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in

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«why'd the zoo need to grow eucalyptus just for the koalas, give 'em lettuce» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo · **What happens:** need, grow, give, be · **To what, where:** zoo, eucalyptus, lettuce, 'em · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 1 «What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/1-what-a-habitat-is/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t10:1
# text = «why'd the zoo need to grow eucalyptus just for the koalas, give 'em lettuce» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	koalas	koala	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
16	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	iobj	_	_
17	lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present |  | the zoo |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the zoo *not said here* | eucalyptus |  |  |  | for the koalas | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent eucalyptus=Product for koala=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | the zoo *not said here* | lettuce | 'em *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient lettuce=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Koalas would happily eat lettuce instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t10:o1:1
# text = Koalas would happily eat lettuce instead
1	Koalas	koala	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | Koalas | lettuce |  |  |  | happily, instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lettuce=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Koalas eat meat, and the eucalyptus leaves are only there for bedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t10:o2:1
# text = Koalas eat meat, and the eucalyptus leaves are only there for bedding
1	Koalas	koala	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Koalas | meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the eucalyptus leaves |  |  |  |  | for bedding; there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any tree leaves will do for a koala

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t10:o3:1
# text = Any tree leaves will do for a koala
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	koala	koala	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future | any tree leaves |  |  |  |  | for a koala | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Koalas eat almost only eucalyptus and need special gut bacteria for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t10:o4:1
# text = Koalas eat almost only eucalyptus and need special gut bacteria for it
1	Koalas	koala	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Koalas | eucalyptus |  |  |  | for bacteria | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eucalyptus=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | present | Koalas *not said here* | special gut bacteria |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bacteria=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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