--- title: «Madagascar zoo had a lion, a zebra, a hippo and a giraffe, how many… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics description: «Madagascar zoo had a lion, a zebra, a hippo and a giraffe, how many legs is that, no, add the 4 penguins» Test 11 · ★★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t11/) [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/) / [Why zoos exist and what critics say](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say «Madagascar zoo had a lion, a zebra, a hippo and a giraffe, how many legs is that, no, add the 4 penguins» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Madagascar zoo · **What happens:** have, be, add · **To what, where:** lion, that, 4 penguins This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t11:1 # text = «Madagascar zoo had a lion, a zebra, a hippo and a giraffe, how many legs is that, no, add the 4 penguins» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madagascar Madagascar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hippo hippo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 giraffe giraffe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 add add VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 » » PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Madagascar zoo | a lion and a zebra and a hippo and a giraffe and many legs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | that | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | the 4 penguins | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penguin=Patient | 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} 16, four legs for each of the mammals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t11:o1:1 # text = 16, four legs for each of the mammals 1 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 20, four for each mammal and one for each penguin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t11:o2:1 # text = 20, four for each mammal and one for each penguin 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 mammal mammal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 penguin penguin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 24, sixteen for the four mammals and eight for the penguins ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t11:o3:1 # text = 24, sixteen for the four mammals and eight for the penguins 1 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 32, four legs for every animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t11:o4:1 # text = 32, four legs for every animal 1 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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