--- title: Why might scientists release healthy zoo devils back into Tasmania? — Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might scientists release healthy zoo devils back into Tasmania? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus Why might scientists release healthy zoo devils back into Tasmania? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientists, healthy zoo · **What happens:** release, devil back · **To what, where:** Tasmania This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» 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/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t8:1 # text = Why might scientists release healthy zoo devils back into Tasmania? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 release release VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 devils devil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tasmania Tasmania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **release** | might | scientists | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **devil back** | present | healthy zoo | | | Tasmania | | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} To teach the wild devils to spin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t8:o1:1 # text = To teach the wild devils to spin 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | the wild devils | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent devil=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **spin** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To rebuild wild numbers after the face cancer killed many ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t8:o2:1 # text = To rebuild wild numbers after the face cancer killed many 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 rebuild rebuild VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cancer cancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebuild** | to-infinitive | | wild numbers | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Result | | 2 | **kill** | past | the face cancer | many | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Because zoos have run out of food and space for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t8:o3:1 # text = Because zoos have run out of food and space for them 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · perfect | zoos | | | food and space for food | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out food=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} To eat all the koalas ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t8:o4:1 # text = To eat all the koalas 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | all koalas | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent koala=Patient | **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. 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