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title: Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the jungle? Test 9 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the jungle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** things · **What happens:** be, learn

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t9:1
# text = Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the jungle?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
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	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | some things |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | some things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about a zoo; than the jungle | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about zoo=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Animals can be watched and checked up close, day after day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t9:o1:1
# text = Animals can be watched and checked up close, day after day
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | can · passive |  | Animals |  |  | day |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **check up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoo animals tell the scientists all their secrets in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t9:o2:1
# text = Zoo animals tell the scientists all their secrets in the end
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	iobj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Zoo animals |  | the scientists |  | in the end |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scientist=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jungles are closed to all scientists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t9:o3:1
# text = Jungles are closed to all scientists
1	Jungles	jungle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present · passive |  | Jungles | all scientists |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to scientist=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Animals in the jungle do not exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:t9:o4:1
# text = Animals in the jungle do not exist
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | present · do-support | Animals in the jungle |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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