--- title: «my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right? — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics description: «my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right? Test 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. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say «my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, zoos, saving animals · **What happens:** say, save, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t2:1 # text = «my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | zoos | | | | | about saving animals; always *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | saving animals | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, from the very first day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, from the very first day 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Zoos began as hospitals for sick pets and farm animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t2:o2:1 # text = Zoos began as hospitals for sick pets and farm animals 1 Zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Zoos | | | | | as hospitals; for sick pets and farm animals | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Zoos began as farms for food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t2:o3:1 # text = Zoos began as farms for food 1 Zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Zoos | | | | | as farms; for food | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Zoos began as kings' collections to show off power ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t2:o4:1 # text = Zoos began as kings' collections to show off power 1 Zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 collections collection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Zoos | | | | | as kings's collections | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **show off** | to-infinitive | Zoos *not said here* | power | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient | **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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