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description: «bloody hell, a polar bear in town, let's go take a selfie» What should people do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

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«bloody hell, a polar bear in town, let's go take a selfie» What should people do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bloody hell, 's, people · **What happens:** let, go, take, do · **To what, where:** 's, selfie

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t7:1
# text = «bloody hell, a polar bear in town, let's go take a selfie» What should people do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | bloody hell | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | a selfie |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | should | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Throw it food so it stays calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t7:o1:1
# text = Throw it food so it stays calm
1	Throw	throw	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	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination food=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | present | food |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Stay away and call the bear patrol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t7:o2:1
# text = Stay away and call the bear patrol
1	Stay	stay	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	patrol	patrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bear patrol |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patrol=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go close, but keep very quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t7:o3:1
# text = Go close, but keep very quiet
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stroke it gently from behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t7:o4:1
# text = Stroke it gently from behind
1	Stroke	stroke	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	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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