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title: «just bung the gorilla to sleep every time, simpler» Why do vets pre… — Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just bung the gorilla to sleep every time, simpler» Why do vets prefer training? Test 5 · ★★ 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 choi
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

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«just bung the gorilla to sleep every time, simpler» Why do vets prefer training?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vets · **What happens:** sleep, prefer · **To what, where:** training

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t5:1
# text = «just bung the gorilla to sleep every time, simpler» Why do vets prefer training?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bung	bung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	simpler	simple	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	vets	vet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	prefer	prefer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
17	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prefer** | present · do-support | vets | training |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer training=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Training is cheaper than food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t5:o1:1
# text = Training is cheaper than food
1	Training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Training |  |  |  |  | than food; cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gorillas enjoy needles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t5:o2:1
# text = Gorillas enjoy needles
1	Gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | Gorillas | needles |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer needle=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sleep medicine never works on gorillas because they are too strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t5:o3:1
# text = Sleep medicine never works on gorillas because they are too strong
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present | Sleep medicine |  |  |  |  | on gorillas | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on gorilla=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | gorillas *= gorilla* |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Training with rewards avoids sleep medicine, which is safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t5:o4:1
# text = Training with rewards avoids sleep medicine, which is safer
1	Training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rewards	reward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	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	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | present | Training with rewards | sleep medicine |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent medicine=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | sleep medicine |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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