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description: «why's the vet looking at poo through a microscope, gross» What is the reason? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

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«why's the vet looking at poo through a microscope, gross» What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vet · **What happens:** look, be · **To what, where:** reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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/110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t10:1
# text = «why's the vet looking at poo through a microscope, gross» What is the reason?
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	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	csubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	microscope	microscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	gross	gross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the vet |  |  |  |  | through a microscope and gross; at poo | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at poo=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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She is studying how to make the best compost for the zoo garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t10:o1:1
# text = She is studying how to make the best compost for the zoo garden
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	studying	study	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	compost	compost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the best compost |  |  |  | for the zoo garden | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent compost=Product for garden=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She is looking for worm eggs and germs, and can check hormones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t10:o2:1
# text = She is looking for worm eggs and germs, and can check hormones
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	hormones	hormone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  | for worm eggs and germs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | can | She *not said here* | hormones |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hormone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is checking what colour it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t10:o3:1
# text = She is checking what colour it is
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **colour** |  | colour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She lost a contact lens in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t10:o4:1
# text = She lost a contact lens in it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lens	lens	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | She | a contact lens |  | lens |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lens=Eventuality |

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