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title: A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail. What should the… — Wild animals: keep away, never feed · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail. What should they do? Test 4 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

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A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail. What should they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, they · **What happens:** meet, close up, do · **To what, where:** bear, trail

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t4:1
# text = A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | a family in Alaska | a bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close up** | infinitive | a family in Alaska *not said here* |  |  | a trail |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:26-wild-animals:t4:2
# 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 | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Split up and run in different directions so it gets confused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = Split up and run in different directions so it gets confused
1	Split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | different directions |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |
| 3 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | confused *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb the nearest small tree at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t4:o2:1
# 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 |

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

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Stay together, back away slowly and talk calmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Stay together, back away slowly and talk calmly
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay together** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shout and charge straight at the bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = Shout and charge straight at the bear
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	charge	charge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **charge** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the bear |  | straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bear=Trajectory |

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