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description: A small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away. What would help next time? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

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A small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away. What would help next time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** small boy, duck · **What happens:** run, shout, flap away, help · **To what, where:** farm

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» 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/316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:1
# text = A small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	flaps	flap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a small boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | a small boy *not said here* |  |  | the farm |  | towards a duck | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards duck=Recipient |
| 3 | **flap away** | present | the duck |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 would help next time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:2
# text = What would help next time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Running faster so the duck cannot escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:o1:1
# text = Running faster so the duck cannot escape
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | so the duck; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **escape** | can | Running |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Holding out his hands to grab it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:o2:1
# text = Holding out his hands to grab it
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold out** | gerund |  | his hands |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Moving slowly and speaking softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:o3:1
# text = Moving slowly and speaking softly
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouting louder so the duck knows he is there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo:t8:o4:1
# text = Shouting louder so the duck knows he is there
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | present | the duck | he |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **be** | present | Shouting |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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