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description: «why'd a tiger come all the way from another country, we got loads of tigers here» What is the best answer? Test 3 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

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«why'd a tiger come all the way from another country, we got loads of tigers here» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tiger, we, best answer · **What happens:** come, get, be · **To what, where:** way, country, loads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t3:1
# text = «why'd a tiger come all the way from another country, we got loads of tigers here» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
16	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	parataxis	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | would | a tiger | all way |  | another country |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | we | loads of tigers |  | here |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Foreign tigers are a different, bigger and much better kind of tiger than our own ones

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t3:o1:1
# text = Foreign tigers are a different, bigger and much better kind of tiger than our own ones
1	Foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Foreign tigers |  |  |  |  | than our own ones; different *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Foreign tigers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A tiger from far away is less related to ours, keeping the family tree healthy

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t3:o2:1
# text = A tiger from far away is less related to ours, keeping the family tree healthy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a tiger |  | ours |  |  | less, related *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | a tiger *not said here* | the family tree |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It came for a holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t3:o3:1
# text = It came for a holiday
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | It |  |  |  |  | for a holiday | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Our tigers are all too old to walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t3:o4:1
# text = Our tigers are all too old to walk
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Our tigers |  |  |  |  | all, old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | Our tigers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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