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# Test 10 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs

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«zoo horses are just pets, they don't matter» Why are zoo animals sometimes important?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo horses, pets · **What happens:** be, not matter · **To what, where:** pets, zoo animals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t10:1
# text = «zoo horses are just pets, they don't matter» Why are zoo animals sometimes important?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	parataxis	_	_
17	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | zoo horses | pets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | pets |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | zoo animals |  |  |  |  | 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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Zoos only keep cartoon animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t10:o1:1
# text = Zoos only keep cartoon animals
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Zoos | cartoon animals |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoo horses can never go back to the wild, because they forget how to run

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t10:o2:1
# text = Zoo horses can never go back to the wild, because they forget how to run
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go back** | can | Zoo horses |  |  |  |  | to the wild *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wild=Result |
| 2 | **forget** | present | horses *= horse* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **run** | to-infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Przewalski's horses survived only in zoos and went back to the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t10:o3:1
# text = Przewalski's horses survived only in zoos and went back to the wild
1	Przewalski	Przewalski	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	survived	survive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | past | Przewalski's horses |  |  | zoos |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location |
| 2 | **go back** | past | Przewalski's horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the wild *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wild=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild horses are everywhere anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t10:o4:1
# text = Wild horses are everywhere anyway
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wild horses |  |  |  |  | anyway, everywhere *property* | tree rules |

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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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