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title: «zoo animals always live longer, the end» What is right? — Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «zoo animals always live longer, the end» What is right? Test 8 · ★★ 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 was right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«zoo animals always live longer, the end» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo animals, end · **What happens:** live, be · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t8:1
# text = «zoo animals always live longer, the end» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	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	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** *in a quote* | present | zoo animals | the end |  |  |  | always, long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the end |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, every zoo animal lives longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, every zoo animal lives longer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | every zoo animal |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many do, but elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t8:o2:1
# text = Many do, but elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
5	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	orcas	orca	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Many |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | present · perfect | elephants and orcas | shorter lives |  | captivity |  | often *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, all zoo animals die young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t8:o3:1
# text = No, all zoo animals die young
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | all zoo animals |  |  |  |  | young *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, zoo and wild animals live exactly as long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:t8:o4:1
# text = No, zoo and wild animals live exactly as long
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | zoo and wild animals |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «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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