--- title: A zoo feeds its crocodile much less often than its lion. Why is this… — Fish, frogs and reptiles · tree and pragmatics description: A zoo feeds its crocodile much less often than its lion. Why is this possible? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/t6/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Fish, frogs and reptiles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fish, frogs and reptiles A zoo feeds its crocodile much less often than its lion. Why is this possible? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo, this · **What happens:** feed, be · **To what, where:** crocodile This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» of the world 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/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A zoo feeds its crocodile much less often than its lion. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:1 # text = A zoo feeds its crocodile much less often than its lion. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | a zoo | | zoo's crocodile | | | than zoo's lion | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is this possible? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:2 # text = Why is this possible? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The lion is much smaller than the crocodile ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:o1:1 # text = The lion is much smaller than the crocodile 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the lion | | | | | than the crocodile; small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The crocodile does not burn food to keep warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:o2:1 # text = The crocodile does not burn food to keep warm 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **burn** | present · do-support | the crocodile | food | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the crocodile *not said here* | | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The crocodile eats only plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:o3:1 # text = The crocodile eats only plants 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the crocodile | plants | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The crocodile drinks more water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t6:o4:1 # text = The crocodile drinks more water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | present | the crocodile | more water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | **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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