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description: In a famous cartoon a fawn's mother is lost, so people think every fawn alone needs rescue. What is true in real life? Test 4 · ★ 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'
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# Test 4 · ★ · Kindness to wild animals

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In a famous cartoon a fawn's mother is lost, so people think every fawn alone needs rescue. What is true in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people, fawn · **What happens:** lose, think, need, be · **To what, where:** mother, famous cartoon, rescue, real life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a famous cartoon a fawn's mother is lost, so people think every fawn alone needs rescue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:1
# text = In a famous cartoon a fawn's mother is lost, so people think every fawn alone needs rescue.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
19	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | a fawn's mother |  | a famous cartoon |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | present | every fawn | rescue |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rescue=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 true in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:2
# text = What is true in real life?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fawns live with rabbits, not with their mothers, until they are grown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = Fawns live with rabbits, not with their mothers, until they are grown
1	Fawns	fawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Fawns |  |  |  |  | with rabbits; with Fawns's mothers | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with rabbit=Location |
| 2 | **grow** | present · passive |  | Fawns *= fawn* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every fawn alone has lost its mother for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:o2:1
# text = Every fawn alone has lost its mother for ever
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
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	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | every fawn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fawns are always left alone at birth for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Fawns are always left alone at birth for ever
1	Fawns	fawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | Fawns |  | birth |  | alone, always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at birth=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A fawn alone is usually hidden while its mother feeds nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:226-kindness-to-wild-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = A fawn alone is usually hidden while its mother feeds nearby
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | a fawn |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **feed** | present | fawn's mother |  |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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