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title: A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo. Why is she… — Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders · tree and pragmatics
description: A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo. Why is she not worried? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 32 «Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders» 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 5 · ★ · Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders

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A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo. Why is she not worried?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo keeper, keeper · **What happens:** pick up, breed, not be · **To what, where:** poison dart frog, zoo

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 32 «Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders» 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/32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:1
# text = A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | present | a zoo keeper | a poison dart frog |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Topic |
| 2 | **breed** | participle |  | a poison dart frog *not said here* |  | the zoo |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is she not worried?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:2
# text = Why is she not worried?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | keeper |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Zoo frogs eat fruit flies, not the ants that make them poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:o1:1
# text = Zoo frogs eat fruit flies, not the ants that make them poisonous
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Zoo frogs | fruit flies |  |  |  | the ants *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | the ants | flies *= fly* |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keepers are immune to all frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:o2:1
# text = Keepers are immune to all frogs
1	Keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	immune	immune	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Keepers |  |  |  |  | to all frogs; immune *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The poison only works at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:o3:1
# text = The poison only works at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the poison |  |  |  | night |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Zoo frogs are painted with safe colours over their real poison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t5:o4:1
# text = Zoo frogs are painted with safe colours over their real poison
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present · passive |  | Zoo frogs |  | frogs's real poison |  | with safe colours | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme over poison=Destination |

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