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title: Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological i… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological institutions. Exam question 2 of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» 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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# Exam question 2 · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological institutions.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, advance · **To what, where:** principal objection

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological institutions.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal objection |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent objection=Theme |
| 2 | **advance** | participle |  | the principal objection *not said here* |  |  |  | by critics of zoological institutions | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Wild animals are deprived of their liberty, and many are neither endangered nor ever released

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e2:o1:1
# text = Wild animals are deprived of their liberty, and many are neither endangered nor ever released
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	liberty	liberty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	13	cc:preconj	_	_
13	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	16	cc	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deprive** | present · passive |  | Wild animals |  |  |  | of animals's liberty | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of liberty=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | many |  |  |  |  | endangered *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **release** | participle | many *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoological institutions are insufficiently numerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e2:o2:1
# text = Zoological institutions are insufficiently numerous
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Zoological institutions |  |  |  |  | insufficiently, numerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Animals in zoological institutions are excessively free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e2:o3:1
# text = Animals in zoological institutions are excessively free
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Animals in zoological institutions |  |  |  |  | excessively, free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Zoological institutions charge excessive fees for admission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e2:o4:1
# text = Zoological institutions charge excessive fees for admission
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fees	fee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | present | Zoological institutions | excessive fees |  |  |  | for admission | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fee=Patient for admission=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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