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title: Why are albino animals more common in pets and zoos than in the wild? — Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are albino animals more common in pets and zoos than in the wild? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · ★ · Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white a…

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Why are albino animals more common in pets and zoos than in the wild?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** albino animals · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» 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/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:t10:1
# text = Why are albino animals more common in pets and zoos than in the wild?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	albino	albino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | albino animals |  |  |  |  | in pets and zoos; than the wild; common *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Albinos refuse to live in the wild and walk into towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:t10:o1:1
# text = Albinos refuse to live in the wild and walk into towns
1	Albinos	albino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present | Albinos |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **live** | to-infinitive | Albinos *not said here* |  |  | the wild |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location |
| 3 | **walk** | infinitive | Albinos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into towns *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into town=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In the wild they are easy to spot and see poorly, so fewer survive

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:t10:o2:1
# text = In the wild they are easy to spot and see poorly, so fewer survive
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
15	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  | the wild |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spot** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | poorly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | few *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zoos make them by painting ordinary animals white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:t10:o3:1
# text = Zoos make them by painting ordinary animals white
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	painting	paint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Zoos | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **paint** | gerund | Zoos *not said here* | ordinary animals |  |  |  | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wild albinos turn dark in the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:t10:o4:1
# text = Wild albinos turn dark in the sun
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	albinos	albino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Wild albinos |  |  | the sun |  | dark *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in sun=Trajectory |

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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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