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title: Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion on foot, determine the conduct most appropriate for a child. Exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 4 · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion on foot, determine the conduct most appropriate for a child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** observe, determine · **To what, where:** black bear, course, conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:e4:1
# text = Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion on foot, determine the conduct most appropriate for a child.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	excursion	excursion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
17	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present · passive |  | a black bear |  | the course of a family excursion on foot |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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Ascend the nearest small tree without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:e4:o1:1
# text = Ascend the nearest small tree without delay
1	Ascend	ascend	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	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascend** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nearest small tree |  |  |  | without delay | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run away from the animal as swiftly as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:e4:o2:1
# text = Run away from the animal as swiftly as possible
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the animal; away, swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from animal=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Approach the animal so as to obtain a photograph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:e4:o3:1
# text = Approach the animal so as to obtain a photograph
1	Approach	approach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	photograph	photograph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a photograph |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset photograph=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Remain with the adults, speak calmly and withdraw slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:e4:o4:1
# text = Remain with the adults, speak calmly and withdraw slowly
1	Remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the adults | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **withdraw** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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