--- title: How would scientists know if a release worked? — Back to the wild: animals that zoos re… · tree and pragmatics description: How would scientists know if a release worked? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Back to the wild: animals that zoos re…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature How would scientists know if a release worked? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientists, release · **What happens:** know, work This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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/114-back-to-the-wild/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t10:1 # text = How would scientists know if a release worked? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 csubj:pass _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | scientists | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **work** | participle | a release | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The animals send postcards ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t10:o1:1 # text = The animals send postcards 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 postcards postcard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | the animals | postcards | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postcard=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tracking shows the animals find food, survive and have young ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t10:o2:1 # text = Tracking shows the animals find food, survive and have young 1 Tracking tracking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 survive survive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Tracking | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | present | the animals | food | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | | 3 | **survive** | present | the animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | present | the animals *not said here* | | | | | young *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Every animal comes back to the zoo ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t10:o3:1 # text = Every animal comes back to the zoo 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | present | every animal | | | the zoo | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to zoo=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They count how many visitors came to see the release on the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t10:o4:1 # text = They count how many visitors came to see the release on the day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 visitors visitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | They | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past | many visitors | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | many visitors *not said here* | the release | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer release=Stimulus | **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. 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