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title: A park ranger in Canada asks visitors to be quiet near a lake. Why? — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: A park ranger in Canada asks visitors to be quiet near a lake. Why? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

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A park ranger in Canada asks visitors to be quiet near a lake. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** park ranger · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** visitors, lake

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A park ranger in Canada asks visitors to be quiet near a lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:1
# text = A park ranger in Canada asks visitors to be quiet near a lake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ranger	ranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a park ranger in Canada |  | visitors |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent visitor=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a park ranger in Canada *not said here* |  |  | a lake |  | quiet *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The fish will jump right out of the water if they hear you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:o1:1
# text = The fish will jump right out of the water if they hear you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | future | the fish |  |  | the water |  | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Loud sound makes the lake water become polluted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:o2:1
# text = Loud sound makes the lake water become polluted
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
8	polluted	pollute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Loud sound | the lake water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | the lake water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **pollute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Noise frightens animals and disturbs other visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:o3:1
# text = Noise frightens animals and disturbs other visitors
1	Noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	disturbs	disturb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present | Noise | animals |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |
| 2 | **disturb** | present | Noise *not said here* | other visitors |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus visitor=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loud voices make it rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t5:o4:1
# text = Loud voices make it rain
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Loud voices | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary rain=Product |

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