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title: A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run. Why is running dangerous? Test 7 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run. Why is running dangerous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, little brother · **What happens:** see, start, run, be · **To what, where:** bear

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:1
# text = A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	camping	camping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a boy on a camping trip | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |
| 2 | **start** | present | boy's little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **run** | to-infinitive | boy's little brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 running dangerous?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:2
# text = Why is running dangerous?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bears cannot see people who walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:o1:1
# text = Bears cannot see people who walk
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | Bears | people |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 2 | **walk** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running makes the bear fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:o2:1
# text = Running makes the bear fall asleep
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | the bear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Running can make a bear chase you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:o3:1
# text = Running can make a bear chase you
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | can |  | a bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **chase** | infinitive | a bear *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bears are frightened of children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t7:o4:1
# text = Bears are frightened of children
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive |  | Bears |  |  |  | of children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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