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title: «why do zoo keepers click at the sea lion lol» What is the reason? — Training a dog with rewards and patience · tree and pragmatics
description: «why do zoo keepers click at the sea lion lol» What is the reason? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» 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 8 · ★ · Training a dog with rewards and patience

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«why do zoo keepers click at the sea lion lol» What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo keepers · **What happens:** click, be · **To what, where:** reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» 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/195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t8:1
# text = «why do zoo keepers click at the sea lion lol» What is the reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	click	click	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **click** *in a quote* | present · do-support | zoo keepers |  |  |  |  | at the sea lion | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  |  | 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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They are counting fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t8:o1:1
# text = They are counting fish
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	aux	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · progressive | They | fish |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The click marks good behaviour so health checks are calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t8:o2:1
# text = The click marks good behaviour so health checks are calm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	click	click	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	checks	check	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the click | good behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent behaviour=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | health checks |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The click is a special sea lion word meaning thank you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t8:o3:1
# text = The click is a special sea lion word meaning thank you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	click	click	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the click | a special word meaning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | a special word meaning *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It scares sharks away from the pool so the sea lion feels safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t8:o4:1
# text = It scares sharks away from the pool so the sea lion feels safe
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | present | It | sharks |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shark=Experiencer |
| 2 | **feel** | present | the sea lion |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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