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title: In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning… — Feeding times and the zoo kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning. What would a real zoo kitchen do for a lion? Test 9 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
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# Test 9 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning. What would a real zoo kitchen do for a lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** feed, do · **To what, where:** zoo animals, Madagascar

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:1
# text = In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · passive |  | the zoo animals |  | Madagascar | morning | from a neat tray | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in madagascar=Location |

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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 would a real zoo kitchen do for a lion?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:2
# text = What would a real zoo kitchen do for a lion?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for a lion | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Give whole carcasses some days and no food on fast days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:o1:1
# text = Give whole carcasses some days and no food on fast days
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carcasses	carcass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | whole carcasses |  |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Serve it a steak with a knife and fork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:o2:1
# text = Serve it a steak with a knife and fork
1	Serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	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	4	det	_	_
4	steak	steak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fork	fork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a knife and fork | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give it a fresh tray of fish every hour, like the penguins get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:o3:1
# text = Give it a fresh tray of fish every hour, like the penguins get
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a fresh tray of fish | it |  | hour |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient tray=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | the penguins |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Feed it salad like the zebra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:t9:o4:1
# text = Feed it salad like the zebra
1	Feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zebra	zebra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | like the zebra | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient salad=Theme |

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