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title: «London Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world» What is right? — Famous zoos in the USA and the UK · tree and pragmatics
description: «London Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

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«London Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** London Zoo, oldest zoo · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** oldest zoo, world

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This is test 1 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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/116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t1:1
# text = «London Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | London Zoo | the oldest zoo |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the oldest zoo |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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, it opened before any other zoo anywhere on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, it opened before any other zoo anywhere on Earth
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | it |  |  | Earth | before any other zoo | anywhere *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before zoo=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, London has never had a zoo, only farms and parks for animals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t1:o2:1
# text = No, London has never had a zoo, only farms and parks for animals
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · perfect | London | a zoo |  |  |  | farms for animals and parks *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it opened in 1990

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it opened in 1990
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | it |  |  | 1990 |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1990=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is the oldest scientific zoo; Vienna's Schönbrunn is older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t1:o4:1
# text = It is the oldest scientific zoo; Vienna's Schönbrunn is older
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	Vienna	Vienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	Schönbrunn	Schönbrunn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the oldest scientific zoo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Vienna's Schönbrunn |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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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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