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title: «just smack it with a stick if it won't do what u want, works on my… — Training and enrichment: keeping zoo a… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just smack it with a stick if it won't do what u want, works on my brother lol» What do good zoos really do? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · ★ · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

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«just smack it with a stick if it won't do what u want, works on my brother lol» What do good zoos really do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stick, u, good zoos · **What happens:** smack, not do, want, work, do · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» 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/112-training-and-enrichment/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t1:1
# text = «just smack it with a stick if it won't do what u want, works on my brother lol» What do good zoos really do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	smack	smack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
14	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
23	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
24	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
25	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
27	really	really	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smack** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient what=Result with stick=Instrument |
| 2 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | stick |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 4 | **work** *in a quote* | present | stick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on my brother | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on brother=Theme |
| 5 | **do** | present · do-support | good zoos |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Use a stick but only gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t1:o1:1
# text = Use a stick but only gently
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a stick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shout until the animal obeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t1:o2:1
# text = Shout until the animal obeys
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	obeys	obey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **obey** | present | the animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Use rewards only and let the animal choose to take part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t1:o3:1
# text = Use rewards only and let the animal choose to take part
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	rewards	reward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | rewards |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Patient |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **choose** | infinitive | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | the animal *not said here* | part |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Starve the animal for a few days until it finally obeys you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t1:o4:1
# text = Starve the animal for a few days until it finally obeys you
1	Starve	starve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	obeys	obey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **obey** | present | animal | you |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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