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# Test 3 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

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«found a baby deer on its own, poor thing's been dumped, I'm taking it home» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** find, dump, take, be · **To what, where:** baby deer, own poor thing, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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/143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t3:1
# text = «found a baby deer on its own, poor thing's been dumped, I'm taking it home» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	dumped	dump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
22	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past |  | a baby deer |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Topic |
| 2 | **dump** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | deer's own poor thing |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | thing |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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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Chase it so it finds its mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t3:o1:1
# text = Chase it so it finds its mother
1	Chase	chase	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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | it | its mother |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Topic |

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

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Leave it; its mother hid it there on purpose and will be back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t3:o2:1
# text = Leave it; its mother hid it there on purpose and will be back
1	Leave	leave	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | its mother | it |  | purpose; there |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient on purpose=Location |
| 3 | **be back** | future | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Feed it bread and leave it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t3:o3:1
# text = Feed it bread and leave it
1	Feed	feed	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	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Take it home, wrap it in a blanket and keep it warm until it is grown

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t3:o4:1
# text = Take it home, wrap it in a blanket and keep it warm until it is grown
1	Take	take	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	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wrap	wrap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	until	until	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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* | it |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **wrap** | present |  | it |  | a blanket |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in blanket=Destination |
| 3 | **keep** | present |  | blanket |  |  | until blanket | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **grow** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» |

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