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description: Determine the consequence, as established, of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public. Exam question 4 of lesson 70 «Respecting wild animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 4 · Respecting wild animals

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Determine the consequence, as established, of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, wild animals · **What happens:** determine, establish, feed · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 70 «Respecting wild animals» 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/70-respecting-wild-animals/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:e4:1
# text = Determine the consequence, as established, of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	habitual	habitual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **feed** |  | wild animals by members of the public |  |  |  |  |  | nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The animals become wholly tame and safe to handle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:e4:o1:1
# text = The animals become wholly tame and safe to handle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the animals |  |  |  |  | tame *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **handle** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The animals lose their fear and are more liable to bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:e4:o2:1
# text = The animals lose their fear and are more liable to bite
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | the animals | animals's fear |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | liable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bite** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fear** |  | animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The animals cease to require food of their own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:e4:o3:1
# text = The animals cease to require food of their own
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **require** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* | food of animals's own |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The animals grow timid and avoid all human contact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:e4:o4:1
# text = The animals grow timid and avoid all human contact
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	timid	timid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the animals |  |  |  |  | timid *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **avoid** | infinitive | the animals *not said here* | all human contact |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent contact=Location |

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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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