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title: «mealworms in boxes behind the scenes? gross, why» What is the reason? — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: «mealworms in boxes behind the scenes? gross, why» What is the reason? Test 10 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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# Test 10 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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«mealworms in boxes behind the scenes? gross, why» What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** reason

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This is test 10 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t10:1
# text = «mealworms in boxes behind the scenes? gross, why» What is the reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mealworms	mealworm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many zoos breed their own insects to feed frogs, lizards and birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t10:o1:1
# text = Many zoos breed their own insects to feed frogs, lizards and birds
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breed	breed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | present | Many zoos | zoos's own insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive | Many zoos *not said here* |  | frogs and lizards and birds |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are grown in boxes to be sold as crunchy sweets in the zoo shop

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t10:o2:1
# text = They are grown in boxes to be sold as crunchy sweets in the zoo shop
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	crunchy	crunchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · passive |  | They |  | boxes |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the zoo shop |  | as crunchy sweets | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are pets for the keepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t10:o3:1
# text = They are pets for the keepers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | pets |  |  |  | for the keepers | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mealworms clean the zoo floors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t10:o4:1
# text = Mealworms clean the zoo floors
1	Mealworms	mealworm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clean	clean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | Mealworms | the zoo floors |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient |

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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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