--- title: Which animal would be the hardest to keep well in a zoo? — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics description: Which animal would be the hardest to keep well in a zoo? Test 7 · ★★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say Which animal would be the hardest to keep well in a zoo? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** be, keep · **To what, where:** zoo This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t7:1 # text = Which animal would be the hardest to keep well in a zoo? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | which animal | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | | | a zoo | | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in zoo=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} An orca, which swims huge distances in the ocean ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t7:o1:1 # text = An orca, which swims huge distances in the ocean 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 orca orca NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 distances distance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | a orca | huge distances | | the ocean | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} A stick insect ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t7:o2:1 # text = A stick insect 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A tortoise ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t7:o3:1 # text = A tortoise 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A meerkat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t7:o4:1 # text = A meerkat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 meerkat meerkat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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