---
title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The big cats house: snow leopards, jag… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of enrichment in zoological collections? Exam question 2 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The big cats house: snow leopards, jag…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of enrichment in zoological collections?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, practice · **To what, where:** practice, zoological collections, enrichment

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of enrichment in zoological collections?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	enrichment	enrichment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	collections	collection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the practice of enrichment |  | zoological collections |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **practice** |  |  | enrichment |  |  |  |  | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The instruction of animals in tricks for public display

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e2:o1:1
# text = The instruction of animals in tricks for public display
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** |  |  | animals in tricks for public display |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The reduction of enclosure size in the interest of safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e2:o2:1
# text = The reduction of enclosure size in the interest of safety
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** |  |  | enclosure size |  | the interest of safety |  |  | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient in=place |
| 2 | **interest** |  |  | safety |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The provision of objects to search, smell and solve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e2:o3:1
# text = The provision of objects to search, smell and solve
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	solve	solve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | to-infinitive | the provision of objects |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smell** | infinitive | the provision of objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **solve** | infinitive | the provision of objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **provide** |  | objects |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The provision of supplementary food on public holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e2:o4:1
# text = The provision of supplementary food on public holidays
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	supplementary	supplementary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | supplementary food |  |  | public holidays |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent on=place |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The big cats house: snow leopards, jag…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/e1/)
- next →: [The big cats house: snow leopards, jag…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/e3/)
- ↑ back to [The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/)