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title: «bloody hell, they just dump the gorillas' food in the grass, lazy k… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: «bloody hell, they just dump the gorillas' food in the grass, lazy keepers» What is really going on? Test 6 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 
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# Test 6 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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«bloody hell, they just dump the gorillas' food in the grass, lazy keepers» What is really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** dump, go on · **To what, where:** bloody hell, grass

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t6:1
# text = «bloody hell, they just dump the gorillas' food in the grass, lazy keepers» What is really going on?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dump	dump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	really	really	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump** *in a quote* | present | they | bloody hell |  | the grass |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent food=Theme in grass=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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The keepers dropped the tray by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t6:o1:1
# text = The keepers dropped the tray by accident
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the keepers | the tray |  |  |  | by accident | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tray=Theme by accident=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a test of whether gorillas can count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t6:o2:1
# text = It is a test of whether gorillas can count
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a test |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | can | gorillas | a test *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gorillas can only digest food that has touched the soil, for its minerals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t6:o3:1
# text = Gorillas can only digest food that has touched the soil, for its minerals
1	Gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	minerals	mineral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** | can | Gorillas | food |  |  |  | for soil's minerals | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | present · perfect · passive |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer soil=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Scattering makes gorillas forage, which keeps them busy like in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t6:o4:1
# text = Scattering makes gorillas forage, which keeps them busy like in the wild
1	Scattering	scattering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	forage	forage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Scattering | forage | gorillas |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset gorilla=Beneficiary forage=Product |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  | gorillas *= gorilla* |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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