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title: A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure. What shou… — Caring for pets, snake bites, bears an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure. What should she do? Test 7 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 7 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

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A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** drop, do · **To what, where:** hat, enclosure

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:1
# text = A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | a girl at the zoo | girl's hat |  | the lion's enclosure |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hat=Theme into enclosure=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Use a long stick to reach over the fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:o1:1
# text = Use a long stick to reach over the fence
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a long stick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the fence |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over fence=Path |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb the fence quickly while the lions sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:o2:1
# text = Climb the fence quickly while the lions sleep
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fence |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location fence=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | the lions |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tell a zoo keeper and stay behind the barrier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:o3:1
# text = Tell a zoo keeper and stay behind the barrier
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a zoo keeper |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent keeper=Recipient |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the barrier |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask a friend to hold her while she leans over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t7:o4:1
# text = Ask a friend to hold her while she leans over
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a friend |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | friend |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **lean over** | present | friend |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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