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title: Identify the principal reason for which many zoological institutions… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which many zoological institutions withhold food from large felids on one or two days per week. Exam question 1 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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Identify the principal reason for which many zoological institutions withhold food from large felids on one or two days per week.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many zoological institutions · **What happens:** identify, withhold · **To what, where:** principal reason, food, large felids

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which many zoological institutions withhold food from large felids on one or two days per week.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	withhold	withhold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	felids	felid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	conj	_	_
19	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
20	per	per	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **withhold** | present | many zoological institutions | food |  | large felids | day | for the principal 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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Hunger renders the animals more docile towards visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e1:o1:1
# text = Hunger renders the animals more docile towards visitors
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	docile	docile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Hunger | the animals |  |  |  | towards visitors; docile *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wild felids do not feed daily, and such fasting prevents obesity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e1:o2:1
# text = Wild felids do not feed daily, and such fasting prevents obesity
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	felids	felid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fasting	fasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	obesity	obesity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feed** | present · do-support | Wild felids |  |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prevent** | present | such fasting | obesity |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer obesity=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Felids are incapable of digesting food upon any two consecutive days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e1:o3:1
# text = Felids are incapable of digesting food upon any two consecutive days
1	Felids	felid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	digesting	digest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Felids |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **digest** | gerund | Felids *not said here* | food |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keeping staff are not employed on those days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e1:o4:1
# text = Keeping staff are not employed on those days
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **employ** | present · passive |  | Keeping staff |  |  | day |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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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