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title: Ascertain the year in which Ueno Zoo, the oldest zoological institut… — Zoos in Australia and around the world… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the year in which Ueno Zoo, the oldest zoological institution in Japan, was opened to the public. Exam question 4 of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

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Ascertain the year in which Ueno Zoo, the oldest zoological institution in Japan, was opened to the public.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, open · **To what, where:** Ueno Zoo, public

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the year in which Ueno Zoo, the oldest zoological institution in Japan, was opened to the public.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
6	Ueno	Ueno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
11	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **open** | past · passive |  | Ueno Zoo | the public |  | in the year |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in which=Topic to public=Recipient |

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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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Eighteen hundred and eighty-two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:e4:o1:1
# text = Eighteen hundred and eighty-two
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eighteen hundred and twenty-eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:e4:o2:1
# text = Eighteen hundred and twenty-eight
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seventeen hundred and fifty-two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:e4:o3:1
# text = Seventeen hundred and fifty-two
1	Seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nineteen hundred and ninety-four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:e4:o4:1
# text = Nineteen hundred and ninety-four
1	Nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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