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title: A girl in Colorado sees two bear cubs with no mother in sight. Why i… — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Colorado sees two bear cubs with no mother in sight. Why is this a dangerous moment? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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 9 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal

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A girl in Colorado sees two bear cubs with no mother in sight. Why is this a dangerous moment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, this · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** two bear cubs

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Colorado sees two bear cubs with no mother in sight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:1
# text = A girl in Colorado sees two bear cubs with no mother in sight.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl in Colorado | two bear cubs |  |  |  | with no mother in sight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cub=Stimulus |

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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 is this a dangerous moment?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:2
# text = Why is this a dangerous moment?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cubs are more dangerous than adult bears, as they bite harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:o1:1
# text = Cubs are more dangerous than adult bears, as they bite harder
1	Cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cubs |  |  |  |  | than adult bears; dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** | present | Cubs *= cub* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lost cubs call wolves to help them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:o2:1
# text = Lost cubs call wolves to help them
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | present | Lost cubs | wolves |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | Lost cubs *not said here* | wolves *= wolf* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bear cubs always attack people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:o3:1
# text = Bear cubs always attack people
1	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | Bear cubs | people |  |  |  | always *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

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

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The mother is probably nearby and will defend her cubs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t9:o4:1
# text = The mother is probably nearby and will defend her cubs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the mother |  |  |  |  | nearby, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **defend** | future | the mother *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | 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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