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title: At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10». What… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10». What is the best thing to do? Test 5 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10». What is the best thing to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stall, best thing · **What happens:** offer, hold, be, do · **To what, where:** holiday resort, baby tiger

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:1
# text = At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10».
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	resort	resort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	€	€	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | a stall |  |  | a holiday resort |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | a stall *not said here* | a baby tiger |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Theme €=Eventuality |

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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 is the best thing to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:2
# text = What is the best thing to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Say no, because such places breed and use cubs for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:o1:1
# text = Say no, because such places breed and use cubs for money
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	breed	breed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **breed** | present | such places |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present | such places *not said here* | cubs |  |  |  | for money | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent cub=Theme for money=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Feed it chocolate first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:o2:1
# text = Feed it chocolate first
1	Feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient chocolate=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Buy the cub to save it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:o3:1
# text = Buy the cub to save it
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cub |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | cub |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hold it gently and pay double, so the cub gets lots more food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t5:o4:1
# text = Hold it gently and pay double, so the cub gets lots more food
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | double |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset |
| 3 | **get** | present | the cub | lots |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary food=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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