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title: "zoos r just animal prisons, shut em all down" — what would a judge… — Animals · tree and pragmatics
description: "zoos r just animal prisons, shut em all down" — what would a judge most want added? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Animals

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"zoos r just animal prisons, shut em all down" — what would a judge most want added?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** shut, want, add · **To what, where:** em, judge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/46-animals/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t4:1
# text = "zoos r just animal prisons, shut em all down" — what would a judge most want added?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	19	advmod	_	_
19	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | em *= they* |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | a judge *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | would · passive |  | a judge |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A story about a classmate who loves going to zoos far too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = A story about a classmate who loves going to zoos far too much
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | gerund | a classmate *not said here* | much |  |  |  | to zoos | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location much=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Reasons on the other side, like saving endangered species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t4:o2:1
# text = Reasons on the other side, like saving endangered species
1	Reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund | Reasons on the other side | endangered species |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, because a short answer is always the best kind of answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, because a short answer is always the best kind of answer
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a short answer | the best kind |  |  |  | of answer; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A louder voice and an even stronger word than "prison" for zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = A louder voice and an even stronger word than "prison" for zoos
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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