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title: What would happen if a whole town used bear-proof bins? — Big wild animals in cities: wild boar,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a whole town used bear-proof bins? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 368 «Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monkeys and leopards» 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 wa
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monk…

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What would happen if a whole town used bear-proof bins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whole town · **What happens:** happen, use · **To what, where:** proof bins

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 368 «Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monkeys and leopards» 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/368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t11:1
# text = What would happen if a whole town used bear-proof bins?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | participle | a whole town *not said here* | proof bins |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Nothing would change, because bears never eat rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t11:o1:1
# text = Nothing would change, because bears never eat rubbish
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | present | bears | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Bears would find less food in town and come less often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t11:o2:1
# text = Bears would find less food in town and come less often
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | Bears | less food |  | town |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present | Bears *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bears would learn to open the locks and drive cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t11:o3:1
# text = Bears would learn to open the locks and drive cars
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | would | Bears |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | Bears *not said here* | the locks |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lock=Theme |
| 3 | **drive** | present | Bears *not said here* | cars |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bears would move into houses instead of bins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t11:o4:1
# text = Bears would move into houses instead of bins
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | would | Bears |  |  | houses |  | instead bins | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory |

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