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title: «found a baby deer all alone in the field, poor thing, let's take it… — Kindness to wild animals · tree and pragmatics
description: «found a baby deer all alone in the field, poor thing, let's take it home!!» What is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 226 «Kindness to wild animals» 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 1 · ★ · Kindness to wild animals

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«found a baby deer all alone in the field, poor thing, let's take it home!!» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 's · **What happens:** find, let, take, be · **To what, where:** baby deer, field, 's, deer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 226 «Kindness to wild animals» 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/226-kindness-to-wild-animals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «found a baby deer all alone in the field, poor thing, let's take it home!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:1
# text = «found a baby deer all alone in the field, poor thing, let's take it home!!»
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	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	home	home	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	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 |  | the field and poor thing |  | alone *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent deer=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | deer |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it has been abandoned for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, it has been abandoned for ever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | present · perfect · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and give it cow's milk from a bottle every hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, and give it cow's milk from a bottle every hour
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, its mother is probably feeding nearby; leave it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:o3:1
# text = No, its mother is probably feeding nearby; leave it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · progressive | its mother |  |  |  |  | nearby, probably *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | its mother *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, deer babies live alone all their lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t1:o4:1
# text = No, deer babies live alone all their lives
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | deer babies | babies's lives |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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