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title: Why would a zoo today never let visiting children play with a bear,… — Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a zoo today never let visiting children play with a bear, as children did with Winnipeg? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 396 «Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 8 · ★ · Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Wi…

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Why would a zoo today never let visiting children play with a bear, as children did with Winnipeg?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo, children · **What happens:** not let, visit, play, do

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 396 «Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker» 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/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:t8:1
# text = Why would a zoo today never let visiting children play with a bear, as children did with Winnipeg?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Winnipeg	Winnipeg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | would | a zoo  today |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | gerund | a zoo  today *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | present | children |  |  |  |  | with a bear | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bear=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | past | children |  |  |  |  | with Winnipeg | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Bears today are all asleep for the whole year and cannot be woken up to play

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:t8:o1:1
# text = Bears today are all asleep for the whole year and cannot be woken up to play
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bears |  |  |  | year | all, asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **wake up** | can · passive | Bears *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Bears *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bears are now smaller than children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:t8:o2:1
# text = Bears are now smaller than children
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bears |  |  |  | now | than children; small *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bears are strong wild animals and can hurt people, even if usually calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:t8:o3:1
# text = Bears are strong wild animals and can hurt people, even if usually calm
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bears | strong wild animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | Bears *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Children are not allowed in zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:t8:o4:1
# text = Children are not allowed in zoos
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Children |  | zoos |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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