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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct upon encountering a bear? Exam question 2 of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct upon encountering a bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** appropriate conduct · **What happens:** follow, characteris, encounter · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, bear

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct upon encountering a bear?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the appropriate conduct |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **encounter** | gerund | the appropriate conduct *not said here* | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |

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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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Shout and approach the animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e2:o1:1
# text = Shout and approach the animal
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	approach	approach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **approach** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run away as swiftly as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e2:o2:1
# text = Run away as swiftly as possible
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Remain with adults, speak calmly and retreat slowly without running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e2:o3:1
# text = Remain with adults, speak calmly and retreat slowly without running
1	Remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	retreat	retreat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with adults | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **retreat** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **run** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Climb the nearest small tree at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e2:o4:1
# text = Climb the nearest small tree at once
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nearest small tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

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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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