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Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea… «ranger said 'a fed bear is a dead bear', thats harsh» Why do rangers say it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ranger, fed bear, rangers · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** dead bear, bear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» 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/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t5:1 # text = «ranger said 'a fed bear is a dead bear', thats harsh» Why do rangers say it? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ranger ranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fed fed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ', ', PART POS _ 11 dep _ _ 13 thats that NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 rangers ranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ranger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a fed bear | a dead bear | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | rangers | bear | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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} Rangers do not like bears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t5:o1:1 # text = Rangers do not like bears 1 Rangers ranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | Rangers | bears | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bear=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fed bears get too fat to live ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t5:o2:1 # text = Fed bears get too fat to live 1 Fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | participle | | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | present | Fed bears | | | | | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | Fed bears *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bears fed by people become dangerous and are often moved or killed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t5:o3:1 # text = Bears fed by people become dangerous and are often moved or killed 1 Bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:agent _ _ 5 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | participle | | Bears *not said here* | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **become** | present | Bears | | | | | dangerous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **move** | present · passive | Bears *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V» | | 4 | **kill** | participle | Bears *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Food from people is poisonous to bears and they die soon after eating it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t5:o4:1 # text = Food from people is poisonous to bears and they die soon after eating it 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 after after SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Food from people | | | | | to bears; poisonous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | present | bears *= bear* | | | | | soon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | bears *= bear* *not said here* | Food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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. 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