--- title: «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» What does the zoo do with it? — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics description: «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» What does the zoo do with it? Test 8 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t8/) [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 elephant house: herds, feet, food…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/) / t8 # Test 8 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» What does the zoo do with it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo · **What happens:** do This is test 8 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:1 # text = «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 poo poo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* What does the zoo do with it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:2 # text = What does the zoo do with it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | the zoo | | | | | with rubbish | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tips it into the sea in big lorries ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:o1:1 # text = Tips it into the sea in big lorries 1 Tips tip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lorries lorry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip** | present | | it | | | | into the sea *result*; in big lorries | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into sea=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Turns it into compost for gardens ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:o2:1 # text = Turns it into compost for gardens 1 Turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 compost compost NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | | it | | compost for gardens | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into compost=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Burns it to heat the elephant house ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:o3:1 # text = Burns it to heat the elephant house 1 Burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 heat heat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present | | it | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **heat** | to-infinitive | | the elephant house | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gives it back to the elephants to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t8:o4:1 # text = Gives it back to the elephants to eat 1 Gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | | | it | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient back=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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