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title: Which is the best example of useful training, not a trick? — Training and enrichment: keeping zoo a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best example of useful training, not a trick? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

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Which is the best example of useful training, not a trick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best example

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t3:1
# text = Which is the best example of useful training, not a trick?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best example |  |  |  | of useful training and a trick | tree rules |

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

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An elephant lifting its foot so the vet can check it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t3:o1:1
# text = An elephant lifting its foot so the vet can check it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund | a elephant *not said here* | elephant's foot |  |  |  | so the vet | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | can | a elephant | foot |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A parrot saying «hello» to visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t3:o2:1
# text = A parrot saying «hello» to visitors
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a parrot *not said here* |  | visitors |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to visitor=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bear dancing to music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t3:o3:1
# text = A bear dancing to music
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sea lion balancing a ball on its nose for a crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:t3:o4:1
# text = A sea lion balancing a ball on its nose for a crowd
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	balancing	balance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balance** | gerund | a sea lion *not said here* | a ball |  | ball's nose |  | for a crowd | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme on nose=Location |

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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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