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title: The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer. What should the kee… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer. What should the keeper try? Test 5 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 5 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer. What should the keeper try?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snake, keeper · **What happens:** ignore, try · **To what, where:** cold mouse, freezer

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:1
# text = The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ignores	ignore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | the snake | a cold mouse |  | the freezer |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should the keeper try?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:2
# text = What should the keeper try?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | should | the keeper |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Shouting so the snake wakes up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:o1:1
# text = Shouting so the snake wakes up
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | so the snake | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wake up** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Giving the snake a fresh carrot instead, as snakes like vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:o2:1
# text = Giving the snake a fresh carrot instead, as snakes like vegetables
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | a fresh carrot | the snake |  |  | as snakes like vegetables; instead *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient carrot=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Warming it, because snakes find food by smell and warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:o3:1
# text = Warming it, because snakes find food by smell and warmth
1	Warming	warm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | present | snakes | food |  |  |  | by smell and warmth | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Painting it a brighter colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t5:o4:1
# text = Painting it a brighter colour
1	Painting	paint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result |

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