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title: «a zoo breeds meerkats for babies on the news, that's conservation r… — Breeding programmes for rare animals:… · tree and pragmatics
description: «a zoo breeds meerkats for babies on the news, that's conservation right» What is a fair answer? Test 8 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 and of each 
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# Test 8 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

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«a zoo breeds meerkats for babies on the news, that's conservation right» What is a fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo, conservation · **What happens:** breed, be · **To what, where:** meerkats, conservation, fair answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t8:1
# text = «a zoo breeds meerkats for babies on the news, that's conservation right» What is a fair answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	breeds	breed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	conservation	conservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** *in a quote* | present | a zoo | meerkats |  |  |  | for babies on the news | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that conservation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | that conservation | a fair answer |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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No, zoos never breed any animal at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t8:o1:1
# text = No, zoos never breed any animal at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	breed	breed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **breed** | present | zoos | any animal |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Not always; good breeding helps rare animals, but meerkats are not endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t8:o2:1
# text = Not always; good breeding helps rare animals, but meerkats are not endangered
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	breeding	breeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	meerkats	meerkat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | good breeding |  | rare animals |  |  | always *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | meerkats |  |  |  |  | endangered *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the news is how species are saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, the news is how species are saved
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the news | species |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | present · passive |  | species |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, every baby born at a zoo helps save its species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, every baby born at a zoo helps save its species
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | every baby *not said here* |  | a zoo |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **help** | present | every baby |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | infinitive | every baby *not said here* | baby's species |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=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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