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title: Why do so many people visit zoos? — Famous zoos in the USA and the UK · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do so many people visit zoos? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

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Why do so many people visit zoos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many people · **What happens:** visit · **To what, where:** zoos

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t8:1
# text = Why do so many people visit zoos?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | many people | zoos |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Co-Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Zoo tickets are free everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t8:o1:1
# text = Zoo tickets are free everywhere
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Zoo tickets |  |  |  |  | everywhere, free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People must visit a zoo once a year by law, or pay a fine

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t8:o2:1
# text = People must visit a zoo once a year by law, or pay a fine
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | must | People | a zoo |  |  |  | by law; once *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | People *not said here* | a fine |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To see real animals up close, learn and have a day out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t8:o3:1
# text = To see real animals up close, learn and have a day out
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | real animals |  |  |  | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **learn** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have out** | present |  |  |  |  | day | out *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There is nothing else at all to do in cities at the weekend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t8:o4:1
# text = There is nothing else at all to do in cities at the weekend
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
4	else	else	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	weekend	weekend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  | cities | weekend |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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