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title: A pangolin needs a diet very like the anteater's. Why is it so hard… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: A pangolin needs a diet very like the anteater's. Why is it so hard to keep in zoos? Test 7 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 7 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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A pangolin needs a diet very like the anteater's. Why is it so hard to keep in zoos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pangolin · **What happens:** need, be, keep · **To what, where:** diet, zoos

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pangolin needs a diet very like the anteater's.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:1
# text = A pangolin needs a diet very like the anteater's.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pangolin	pangolin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	anteater	anteater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a pangolin | a diet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot diet=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:* Why is it so hard to keep in zoos?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:2
# text = Why is it so hard to keep in zoos?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | pangolin |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | pangolin *not said here* |  |  | zoos |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in zoo=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pangolins eat a whole cow a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:o1:1
# text = Pangolins eat a whole cow a day
1	Pangolins	pangolin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Pangolins | a whole cow |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pangolins need fresh snow every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:o2:1
# text = Pangolins need fresh snow every day
1	Pangolins	pangolin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Pangolins | fresh snow |  |  | day |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snow=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its special ant and termite diet is very hard to copy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:o3:1
# text = Its special ant and termite diet is very hard to copy
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	termite	termite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its special ant and termite diet |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy** | to-infinitive | Its special ant and termite diet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pangolins only eat zoo visitors' lunches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t7:o4:1
# text = Pangolins only eat zoo visitors' lunches
1	Pangolins	pangolin	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	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	lunches	lunch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Pangolins | zoo visitors's lunches |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=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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