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title: kid on the beach found a seal pup on its own, wants to carry it home… — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics
description: kid on the beach found a seal pup on its own, wants to carry it home. what do u tell him Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters

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kid on the beach found a seal pup on its own, wants to carry it home. what do u tell him

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, u · **What happens:** find, want, carry, tell · **To what, where:** seal pup, own, kid, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t4:1
# text = kid on the beach found a seal pup on its own, wants to carry it home. what do u tell him
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pup	pup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	on	on	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	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
19	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
20	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | kid on the beach | a seal pup |  | kid's own |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent pup=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | kid |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | u |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

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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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Pick it up gently and carry it down to the sea yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t4:o1:1
# text = Pick it up gently and carry it down to the sea yourself
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | yourself *obl*; gently *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **carry down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  | the sea |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to sea=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep away and call a rescue group; mum may be near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t4:o2:1
# text = Keep away and call a rescue group; mum may be near
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a rescue group |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent group=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | may | mum |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Give it some milk from the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t4:o3:1
# text = Give it some milk from the shop
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | some milk | it | the shop |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take a selfie up close with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t4:o4:1
# text = Take a selfie up close with it
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a selfie |  |  |  | with selfie; close *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme |

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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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