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# Exam question 3 · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the longevity of animals kept in zoological gardens.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, keep · **To what, where:** response, longevity, animals, zoological gardens

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the longevity of animals kept in zoological gardens.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	longevity	longevity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the longevity of animals |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus longevity=Experiencer |
| 4 | **keep** | participle |  | animals *not said here* |  | zoological gardens |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=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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All live considerably shorter lives in captivity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e3:o1:1
# text = All live considerably shorter lives in captivity
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present |  | shorter lives |  | captivity |  | considerably *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The longevity of every species is identical in captivity and in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e3:o2:1
# text = The longevity of every species is identical in captivity and in the wild
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	longevity	longevity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the longevity of every species |  |  | captivity and the wild |  | identical *property* | tree rules |

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

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Many live longer than in the wild, although elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e3:o3:1
# text = Many live longer than in the wild, although elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	orcas	orca	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
16	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Many |  |  |  |  | than the wild; long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present · perfect | elephants and orcas | shorter lives |  | captivity |  | often *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All live longer in captivity without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e3:o4:1
# text = All live longer in captivity without exception
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present |  |  |  | captivity |  | without exception; long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in captivity=Location |

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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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