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title: It being given that a bear is encountered at close quarters, select… — Wild animals: keep away, never feed · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

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It being given that a bear is encountered at close quarters, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, encounter, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, bear, close quarters, course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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/26-wild-animals/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:e2:1
# text = It being given that a bear is encountered at close quarters, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | present · passive |  | a bear |  | close quarters |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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To run as quickly as possible downhill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:e2:o1:1
# text = To run as quickly as possible downhill
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
7	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | downhill, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To approach the bear and offer it food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:e2:o2:1
# text = To approach the bear and offer it food
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	approach	approach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | to-infinitive |  | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | infinitive |  | bear |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal food=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To climb the nearest small tree at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:e2:o3:1
# text = To climb the nearest small tree at once
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  | the nearest small tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Not to run, but to withdraw slowly whilst speaking calmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:e2:o4:1
# text = Not to run, but to withdraw slowly whilst speaking calmly
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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