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description: my uncle says a kid climbed into the lion bit at the zoo and "the lion just licked him". what's the bit to doubt Test 14 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 14 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

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my uncle says a kid climbed into the lion bit at the zoo and "the lion just licked him". what's the bit to doubt

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, kid · **What happens:** say, climb, lick, be, doubt · **To what, where:** kid, lion bit, uncle, bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» of the everyday 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/everyday/316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t14:1
# text = my uncle says a kid climbed into the lion bit at the zoo and "the lion just licked him". what's the bit to doubt
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
6	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	licked	lick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **climb** | participle |  | a kid *not said here* |  | the lion bit |  | at the zoo and the lion | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bit=Destination |
| 3 | **lick** *in a quote* | past | a kid | uncle |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the bit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | my uncle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The friendly lion; zoo animals are wild and dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t14:o1:1
# text = The friendly lion; zoo animals are wild and dangerous
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	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** | present | zoo animals | the friendly lion *not said here* |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | zoo animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That barriers keep people out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t14:o2:1
# text = That barriers keep people out
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep out** | present | that barriers | people |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That zoos have lions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t14:o3:1
# text = That zoos have lions
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that zoos | lions |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That zoos have signs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t14:o4:1
# text = That zoos have signs
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that zoos | signs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient |

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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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