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title: «waved a cracker at a Nara deer then hid it lol, it went mad» Why is… — Big wild animals in cities: wild boar,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «waved a cracker at a Nara deer then hid it lol, it went mad» Why is teasing a bad idea? Test 4 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monk…

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«waved a cracker at a Nara deer then hid it lol, it went mad» Why is teasing a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cracker · **What happens:** wave, hide, go, tease · **To what, where:** cracker, Nara deer, bad idea

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t4:1
# text = «waved a cracker at a Nara deer then hid it lol, it went mad» Why is teasing a bad idea?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cracker	cracker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Nara	Nara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** *in a quote* | past |  | a cracker |  | a Nara deer |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cracker=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** *in a quote* | past |  | cracker |  |  | then |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | cracker |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **tease** | present · progressive | cracker *not said here* | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=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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Deer love being teased and play along with the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t4:o1:1
# text = Deer love being teased and play along with the game
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Deer |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tease** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | Deer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **play along** | infinitive | Deer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the game; along *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with game=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The deer cannot see crackers that are held in a hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t4:o2:1
# text = The deer cannot see crackers that are held in a hand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	crackers	cracker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | the deer | crackers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cracker=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold** | present · passive |  | crackers |  | a hand |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hand=Location |

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

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The deer may butt or bite people who tease them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t4:o3:1
# text = The deer may butt or bite people who tease them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	butt	butt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tease	tease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **butt** | may | the deer |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bite** | infinitive | the deer *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 3 | **tease** | present | people | people |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The deer will forget about it at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards:t4:o4:1
# text = The deer will forget about it at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | future | the deer |  |  |  |  | about it | tree rules |

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