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title: my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's… — Wild animals: keep away, never feed · tree and pragmatics
description: my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's food cos someone left toothpaste in the tent Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

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my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's food cos someone left toothpaste in the tent

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, bear, someone · **What happens:** say, come, eat, leave, be · **To what, where:** campsite, food, left toothpaste, tent · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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/26-wild-animals/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t17:1
# text = my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's food cos someone left toothpaste in the tent
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	campsite	campsite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	cos	co	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	nsubj	_	_
19	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my mum's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past | a bear |  |  | the campsite |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into campsite=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **eat** | past | a bear *not said here* | everyone's food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present | someone | left toothpaste |  | the tent |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Real lesson: bears only like toothpaste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: bears only like toothpaste
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves camping is never safe anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t17:o2:1
# text = It proves camping is never safe anywhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	camping	camping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | camping |  |  |  |  | anywhere, safe *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: store food and even toothpaste away from bears; the detail may be exaggerated

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t17:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: store food and even toothpaste away from bears; the detail may be exaggerated
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | may · passive |  | the detail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means bears are scared of tents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t17:o4:1
# text = It means bears are scared of tents
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | bears |  |  |  |  | of tents; scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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