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title: In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and w… — How nature documentaries are made: hid… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him. What do real crews do? Test 4 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 4 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…

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In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him. What do real crews do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cameraman, wild animals, real crews · **What happens:** stand, dance, be, do · **To what, where:** cartoon, front

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This is test 4 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» 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/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cameraman	cameraman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | a cameraman |  |  | a cartoon |  | in the open; in a bright shirt | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **dance** | present | wild animals |  |  | front of cameraman |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location |

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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 crews do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:2
# text = What do real crews 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	crews	crew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 crews |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ask the animals politely to stand still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:o1:1
# text = Ask the animals politely to stand still
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the animals |  |  | politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Film only animals that live in cages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:o2:1
# text = Film only animals that live in cages
1	Film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | animals |  |  | cages |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Hide or use remote cameras so animals behave naturally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:o3:1
# text = Hide or use remote cameras so animals behave naturally
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cameras	camera	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	naturally	naturally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | remote cameras |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient |
| 3 | **behave** | present | animals |  |  |  |  | naturally *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wear bright clothes, because the colours attract the animals closer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t4:o4:1
# text = Wear bright clothes, because the colours attract the animals closer
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	attract	attract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | bright clothes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source |
| 2 | **attract** | present | the colours | the animals |  |  |  | close *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

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