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title: A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead… — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics
description: A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches. What should they do? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 8 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

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A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches. What should they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** storm, family, branches · **What happens:** come, picnic, do · **To what, where:** old tree

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday 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/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:1
# text = A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	picnics	picnic	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | a storm |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **picnic** | present | a family |  |  | a old tree with dead branches |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 should they do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:2
# text = What should they do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | branches *= branch* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stay right under it, as it gives shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:o1:1
# text = Stay right under it, as it gives shelter
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under it=Location |
| 2 | **give** | present | it | shelter |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tie the dead branches together with rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:o2:1
# text = Tie the dead branches together with rope
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dead branches |  |  |  | with rope; together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient with rope=Co-Patient |

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

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Move away from the tree straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:o3:1
# text = Move away from the tree straight away
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the tree |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Climb it to get a better view of the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t8:o4:1
# text = Climb it to get a better view of the storm
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a better view of the storm |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |
| 3 | **view** |  |  | the storm |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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