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title: «why's the zoo selling poo??» What is the answer? — Behind the scenes: a day with the keep… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's the zoo selling poo??» What is the answer? Test 11 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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.
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# Test 11 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

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«why's the zoo selling poo??» What is the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo, answer · **What happens:** sell, be · **To what, where:** poo

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This is test 11 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why's the zoo selling poo??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:1
# text = «why's the zoo selling poo??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the zoo | poo |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poo=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:2
# text = What is the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is a joke for visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:o1:1
# text = It is a joke for visitors
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke |  |  |  | for visitors | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is used to paint signs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:o2:1
# text = It is used to paint signs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **paint** | to-infinitive |  | signs |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sign=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Plant-eaters' dung makes good garden compost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:o3:1
# text = Plant-eaters' dung makes good garden compost
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	compost	compost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Plant eaters's dung | good garden compost |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset compost=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is sold as tasty food for the other zoo animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t11:o4:1
# text = It is sold as tasty food for the other zoo animals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | as tasty food; for the other zoo animals | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for animal=Asset |

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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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