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# Test 4 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

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«a bison's just a big cow, i'll go get a selfie close up» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, selfie · **What happens:** go, get, close up, be · **To what, where:** selfie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown 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/372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t4:1
# text = «a bison's just a big cow, i'll go get a selfie close up» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | future | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | i *not said here* | a selfie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **close up** *in a quote* | infinitive | a selfie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Bison are tame like cows, so go ahead and stand right next to it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t4:o1:1
# text = Bison are tame like cows, so go ahead and stand right next to it
1	Bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	next	next	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bison |  |  |  |  | like cows; tame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** | infinitive |  |  | Bison |  |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay back, bison are calm but still dangerous up close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t4:o2:1
# text = Stay back, bison are calm but still dangerous up close
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | bison |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | bison *not said here* |  |  |  | still | close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only American bison can hurt people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t4:o3:1
# text = Only American bison can hurt people
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | American bison | people |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bison are scared of phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t4:o4:1
# text = Bison are scared of phones
1	Bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bison |  |  |  |  | of phones; scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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