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title: shut up and stand still, there's a bear with cubs over there!! — Bears · tree and pragmatics
description: shut up and stand still, there's a bear with cubs over there!! Test 9 of lesson 23 «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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Bears

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shut up and stand still, there's a bear with cubs over there!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bear · **What happens:** shut up, stand, be

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This is test 9 of lesson 23 «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/23-bears/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t9:1
# text = shut up and stand still, there's a bear with cubs over there!!
1	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** | present | a bear with cubs |  |  | there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Throw your sandwich to make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t9:o1:1
# text = Throw your sandwich to make friends
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | your sandwich |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

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

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Back away slowly and calmly, never go between a mother and cubs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t9:o2:1
# text = Back away slowly and calmly, never go between a mother and cubs
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between a mother and cubs | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between mother=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Run as fast as you can, you'll beat it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t9:o3:1
# text = Run as fast as you can, you'll beat it
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
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 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beat** | future | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go closer to see the cubs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t9:o4:1
# text = Go closer to see the cubs
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the cubs |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cub=Stimulus |

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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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