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title: What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before… — Behind the scenes: a day with the keep… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before going into the tiger's den? Test 5 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 w
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# Test 5 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

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What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before going into the tiger's den?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** keeper · **What happens:** happen, forget, not check, go · **To what, where:** slide door, den

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t5:1
# text = What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before going into the tiger's den?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a keeper |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **check** | to-infinitive | a keeper *not said here* | the slide door |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 4 | **go** | gerund | a keeper *not said here* |  |  | the tiger's den |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into den=Initial\_Location |

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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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The tiger would just want to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t5:o1:1
# text = The tiger would just want to play
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | would | the tiger |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the tiger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The tiger would run away scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t5:o2:1
# text = The tiger would run away scared
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | would | the tiger |  |  |  |  | away, scared *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, because zoo tigers are as tame as cats and never attack keepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, because zoo tigers are as tame as cats and never attack keepers
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | zoo tigers |  |  |  |  | as cats; tame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **attack** | infinitive | zoo tigers *not said here* | keepers |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keeper=Patient |

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

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The keeper could be badly hurt, which is why there are two-step checks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t5:o4:1
# text = The keeper could be badly hurt, which is why there are two-step checks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	checks	check	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | could · passive |  | the keeper |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **does** | present | step checks |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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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