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title: «bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: «bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit much innit» Was the keeper right? Test 6 · ★★ 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 cho
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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«bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit much innit» Was the keeper right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bloke, keeper · **What happens:** keep, bang, go, bite, be · **To what, where:** glass, much innit, keeper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t6:1
# text = «bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit much innit» Was the keeper right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	banging	bang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	csubj	_	_
16	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
19	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
22	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | past | bloke |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bang** *in a quote* | gerund | bloke *not said here* | the glass |  |  |  | at the gorillas | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent glass=Theme at gorilla=Trajectory |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | keeper |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **bite** *in a quote* | past |  | much innit |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | the keeper |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only because the glass is expensive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only because the glass is expensive
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	expensive	expensive	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 | the glass |  |  |  |  | expensive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, banging frightens animals that cannot get away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, banging frightens animals that cannot get away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	banging	banging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present | banging | animals |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **get away** | can | animals |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, glass blocks all sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t6:o3:1
# text = No, glass blocks all sound
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | glass | all sound |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sound=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, gorillas enjoy the noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t6:o4:1
# text = No, gorillas enjoy the noise
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | gorillas | the noise |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus |

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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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