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title: Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of… — The big cats house: lions and tigers u… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of always in one bowl? Test 10 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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 
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# Test 10 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

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Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of always in one bowl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** keeper · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** meat, different places

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This is test 10 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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/81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t10:1
# text = Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of always in one bowl?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | would | a keeper | meat |  | different places | day | instead one bowl | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent meat=Patient in place=Location |

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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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So the visitors cannot see the food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t10:o1:1
# text = So the visitors cannot see the food
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | the visitors | the food |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So the lion eats less meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t10:o2:1
# text = So the lion eats less meat
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the lion | less meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes the meat taste better and fresher after a day in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t10:o3:1
# text = It makes the meat taste better and fresher after a day in the grass
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fresher	fresh	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the meat taste |  | the grass | day | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material taste=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It gives the cat something to search for and cuts down pacing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:t10:o4:1
# text = It gives the cat something to search for and cuts down pacing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	pacing	pacing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | something |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | to-infinitive |  | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut down** | present |  | pacing |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pacing=Product |

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