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title: In a cartoon, a park ranger spends all day chasing a bear for its pi… — Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a park ranger spends all day chasing a bear for its picnic basket. What do real rangers mostly do? Test 9 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 9 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

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In a cartoon, a park ranger spends all day chasing a bear for its picnic basket. What do real rangers mostly do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** park ranger, real rangers · **What happens:** spend, chase, be, do · **To what, where:** cartoon, bear

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This is test 9 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» 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/284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a park ranger spends all day chasing a bear for its picnic basket.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a park ranger spends all day chasing a bear for its picnic basket.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ranger	ranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | a park ranger |  |  | a cartoon | day |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | a park ranger *not said here* | a bear |  |  |  | for ranger's picnic basket | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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 do real rangers mostly do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:2
# text = What do real rangers mostly do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rangers	ranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real rangers |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only drive tourists around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:o1:1
# text = Only drive tourists around
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive around** | imperative | you *not said here* | tourists |  |  |  | around *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme tourist=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sell sandwiches to visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:o2:1
# text = Sell sandwiches to visitors
1	Sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | imperative | you *not said here* | sandwiches | visitors |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme to visitor=Recipient |

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

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Protect animals and land from poachers, often in danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:o3:1
# text = Protect animals and land from poachers, often in danger
1	Protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poachers	poacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | animals and land |  |  | in danger; from poachers | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary from poacher=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chase bears away from picnics all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t9:o4:1
# text = Chase bears away from picnics all day
1	Chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	picnics	picnic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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