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title: Determine the reason for which visitors are prohibited from casting… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the reason for which visitors are prohibited from casting food to animals. Exam question 4 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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Determine the reason for which visitors are prohibited from casting food to animals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, prohibit, cast · **To what, where:** reason, visitors, food, animals

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e4:1
# text = Determine the reason for which visitors are prohibited from casting food to animals.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	casting	cast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | visitors |  |  |  | for the reason | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **cast** | gerund |  | food | animals |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent food=Theme to animal=Destination |

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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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The institution wishes solely to protect the sale of its own refreshments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e4:o1:1
# text = The institution wishes solely to protect the sale of its own refreshments
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	refreshments	refreshment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | present | the institution |  |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | the institution *not said here* | the sale of institution's own refreshments |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Beneficiary |

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

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Unmeasured food may poison or fatten animals and transmit pathogens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e4:o2:1
# text = Unmeasured food may poison or fatten animals and transmit pathogens
1	Unmeasured	unmeasured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fatten	fatten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	transmit	transmit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	pathogens	pathogen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | may | Unmeasured food |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fatten** | infinitive | Unmeasured food *not said here* | animals |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 3 | **transmit** | present | Unmeasured food *not said here* | pathogens |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pathogen=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Animals are by nature incapable of consuming human food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e4:o3:1
# text = Animals are by nature incapable of consuming human food
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	consuming	consume	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Animals |  |  |  |  | by nature incapable | tree rules |
| 2 | **consume** | gerund | nature incapable *not said here* | human food |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The animals are already provided with an excess of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e4:o4:1
# text = The animals are already provided with an excess of food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | the animals |  |  |  | with a excess of food | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with excess=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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