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description: «monkeys nicked the wiper off our car at the safari park, mad» Why do safari park monkeys do this? Test 2 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 wr
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# Test 2 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

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«monkeys nicked the wiper off our car at the safari park, mad» Why do safari park monkeys do this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkeys, park monkeys · **What happens:** nick off, safari, do · **To what, where:** wiper, safari park, this

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t2:1
# text = «monkeys nicked the wiper off our car at the safari park, mad» Why do safari park monkeys do this?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wiper	wiper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	safari	safari	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	safari	safari	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
22	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick off** *in a quote* | past | monkeys | the wiper |  | the safari park |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent wiper=Beneficiary car=Theme |
| 2 | **safari** | present · do-support | monkeys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | park monkeys | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They want to drive the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t2:o1:1
# text = They want to drive the car
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the car |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They think the rubber wiper is a tasty bit of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t2:o2:1
# text = They think the rubber wiper is a tasty bit of food
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wiper	wiper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the rubber wiper | a tasty bit |  |  |  | of food | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are curious and pull at rubber parts of cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t2:o3:1
# text = They are curious and pull at rubber parts of cars
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at rubber parts of cars | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at part=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are trained by the keepers to steal from visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t2:o4:1
# text = They are trained by the keepers to steal from visitors
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present · passive | the keepers | They |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the keepers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from visitors | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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