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title: «zoos are just prisons for animals, end of» How could a fair thinker… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: «zoos are just prisons for animals, end of» How could a fair thinker answer? Test 1 · ★★ 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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# Test 1 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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«zoos are just prisons for animals, end of» How could a fair thinker answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoos · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** prisons

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» 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/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t1:1
# text = «zoos are just prisons for animals, end of» How could a fair thinker answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	nmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	thinker	thinker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | zoos | prisons and end |  |  |  | for animals | 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 {#o1}

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Zoos are really just big parks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t1:o1:1
# text = Zoos are really just big parks
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Zoos | big parks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Some zoos were cruel, but good zoos help save species; people still disagree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t1:o2:1
# text = Some zoos were cruel, but good zoos help save species; people still disagree
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
11	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | some zoos |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present | good zoos |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | infinitive | good zoos *not said here* | species |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Theme |
| 4 | **disagree** | present | people |  |  |  | still |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, every animal loves being in a zoo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t1:o3:1
# text = No, every animal loves being in a zoo
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	compound	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | every animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | a loves zoo |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, every zoo in history is exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, every zoo in history is exactly the same
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	same	same	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 | every zoo in history |  |  |  |  | exactly, same *property* | tree rules |

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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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