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title: What would happen if every one of a thousand visitors threw a monkey… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if every one of a thousand visitors threw a monkey one crisp? Test 3 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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What would happen if every one of a thousand visitors threw a monkey one crisp?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** happen, throw · **To what, where:** one crisp, monkey

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t3:1
# text = What would happen if every one of a thousand visitors threw a monkey one crisp?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	crisp	crisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | every one of thousand visitors | one crisp | a monkey |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Destination crisp=Theme |

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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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The keepers would stop feeding them their meals, so it evens out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t3:o1:1
# text = The keepers would stop feeding them their meals, so it evens out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	evens	even	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | the keepers |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund | the keepers *not said here* | keepers *= keeper* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient meal=Theme |
| 3 | **even out** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, one crisp is too small to matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, one crisp is too small to matter
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	crisp	crisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | one crisp |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | to-infinitive | one crisp *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The monkeys would refuse every crisp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t3:o3:1
# text = The monkeys would refuse every crisp
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	crisp	crisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | would | the monkeys | every crisp |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Theme |

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

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The monkeys would get far too much and could get fat or ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t3:o4:1
# text = The monkeys would get far too much and could get fat or ill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the monkeys | much |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | could | the monkeys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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