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title: «my nan says zoo keepers are just cleaners» What is right? — Behind the scenes: a day with the keep… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my nan says zoo keepers are just cleaners» What is right? Test 9 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 9 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

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«my nan says zoo keepers are just cleaners» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, zoo keepers · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** cleaners · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t9:1
# text = «my nan says zoo keepers are just cleaners» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | zoo keepers | cleaners |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cleaning is a big part, but they also check health, feed and train

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t9:o1:1
# text = Cleaning is a big part, but they also check health, feed and train
1	Cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cleaning | a big part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present | they | health and feed and train |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, that is all they do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, that is all they do
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No, keepers never clean anything, because the zoo pays other cleaners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t9:o3:1
# text = No, keepers never clean anything, because the zoo pays other cleaners
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | keepers | other cleaners |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, robots do the cleaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:t9:o4:1
# text = No, robots do the cleaning
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | robots | the cleaning |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaning=Eventuality |

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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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