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title: Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild. What would happe… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild. What would happen to a real zoo-born lion set free? Test 3 · ★★ 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 c
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild. What would happen to a real zoo-born lion set free?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alex · **What happens:** not hunt, happen, bear, set · **To what, where:** wild, real born lion

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:1
# text = Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild.
1	Alex	Alex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | can | Alex |  |  | the wild |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wild=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would happen to a real zoo-born lion set free?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:2
# text = What would happen to a real zoo-born lion set free?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a real born lion | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **set** | participle |  | a real born lion *not said here* |  |  |  | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It would catch a bus back to the zoo by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:o1:1
# text = It would catch a bus back to the zoo by itself
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch back** | would | It | a bus |  |  |  | to the zoo; by zoo | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme |

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

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It might struggle to find food and survive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:o2:1
# text = It might struggle to find food and survive
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	struggle	struggle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	survive	survive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **struggle** | might | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
| 3 | **survive** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would live happily on wild fruit for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:o3:1
# text = It would live happily on wild fruit for years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | would | It |  |  | wild fruit | year | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fruit=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would hunt perfectly well from the very first day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t3:o4:1
# text = It would hunt perfectly well from the very first day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | would | It |  |  |  | day | perfectly, well *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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