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title: In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night. What is true… — Behind the scenes: a day with the keep… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night. What is true of real zoos? Test 4 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 right.
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# Test 4 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

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In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night. What is true of real zoos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animals · **What happens:** walk out, be · **To what, where:** zoo, Madagascar

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:1
# text = In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | present | the animals | the zoo |  | Madagascar | night |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Attribute |

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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 true of real zoos?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:2
# text = What is true of real zoos?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real zoos; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Escapes are rare, and zoos practise drills for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:o1:1
# text = Escapes are rare, and zoos practise drills for them
1	Escapes	escape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	practise	practise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Escapes |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **practise** | present | zoos | drills |  |  |  | for Escapes *= escape* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real zoos have no locks at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:o2:1
# text = Real zoos have no locks at all
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Real zoos | no locks |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zoos leave the gates open at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:o3:1
# text = Zoos leave the gates open at night
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Zoos | the gates |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | present | Zoos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Animals escape every night and quietly come back by morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t4:o4:1
# text = Animals escape every night and quietly come back by morning
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	escape	escape	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present | Animals |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | infinitive | Animals *not said here* |  |  |  | morning | quietly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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