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description: «why don't they just chuck a live rat in with the python, it's natural innit» What is the best answer? Test 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 wa
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# Test 4 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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«why don't they just chuck a live rat in with the python, it's natural innit» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, rat, best answer · **What happens:** not chuck, be · **To what, where:** live rat, natural innit, python

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t4:1
# text = «why don't they just chuck a live rat in with the python, it's natural innit» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chuck	chuck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nmod	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **chuck** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they | a live rat |  |  |  | with the python | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rat | natural innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer | the python |  |  |  |  | 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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Live rats run far too fast, so the python would never catch one at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t4:o1:1
# text = Live rats run far too fast, so the python would never catch one at all
1	Live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Live rats |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | would | the python | one |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme at all=Asset |

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

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A live rat can bite and hurt the snake, so thawed food is safer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t4:o2:1
# text = A live rat can bite and hurt the snake, so thawed food is safer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	thawed	thaw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | can | a live rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | infinitive | a live rat *not said here* | the snake |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Patient |
| 3 | **thaw** | participle |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient food=Result |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pythons are scared of the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t4:o3:1
# text = Pythons are scared of the dark
1	Pythons	python	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pythons |  |  |  |  | of the dark; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pythons only eat plants in zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t4:o4:1
# text = Pythons only eat plants in zoos
1	Pythons	python	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Pythons | plants |  | zoos |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=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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