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title: zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is… — Wild animals, zoos and kindness to ani… · tree and pragmatics
description: zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is fine Test 16 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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 right.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is fine

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo sign, brother, few chips · **What happens:** say, feed, be · **To what, where:** animals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t16:1
# text = zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is fine
1	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dont	dont	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	discourse	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | zoo sign |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feed** | present |  |  | the animals |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | a few chips |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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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Yes, chips are good for monkeys, they love salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t16:o1:1
# text = Yes, chips are good for monkeys, they love salt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | chips |  |  |  |  | for monkeys; good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | present | chips *= chip* | salt |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salt=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, people food can make zoo animals ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t16:o2:1
# text = No, people food can make zoo animals ill
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | people | zoo animals |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only feed them if they look hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t16:o3:1
# text = Only feed them if they look hungry
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you give only a handful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t16:o4:1
# text = Yes, if you give only a handful
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | you | a handful |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme |

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