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# Test 9 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

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«why'd they bring in a snail to eat snails, that's well dumb» What lesson did the Partula story teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, that, lesson · **What happens:** bring, eat, be, do · **To what, where:** snails, Partula story teach

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t9:1
# text = «why'd they bring in a snail to eat snails, that's well dumb» What lesson did the Partula story teach?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	snails	snail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	Partula	Partula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
23	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	teach	teach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | would | they |  |  |  |  | in a snail | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | snails |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snail=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | dumb, well *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | past | lesson | the Partula story teach |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bringing in one animal to fix a problem can cause a bigger one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t9:o1:1
# text = Bringing in one animal to fix a problem can cause a bigger one
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in one animal | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | a problem |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | can | Bringing | a bigger one |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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New animals brought in never cause any trouble on small islands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t9:o2:1
# text = New animals brought in never cause any trouble on small islands
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring in** | participle |  | New animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **cause** | present | New animals | any trouble |  | small islands |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Snails always eat only pests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t9:o3:1
# text = Snails always eat only pests
1	Snails	snail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Snails | pests |  |  |  | always *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Islands need more predators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t9:o4:1
# text = Islands need more predators
1	Islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Islands | more predators |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot predator=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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