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title: moose standing in the path, ears back, what we do — Respecting wild animals · tree and pragmatics
description: moose standing in the path, ears back, what we do Test 16 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

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moose standing in the path, ears back, what we do

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moose, we · **What happens:** stand, do · **To what, where:** path

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This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 70 «Respecting wild animals» 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/70-respecting-wild-animals/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t16:1
# text = moose standing in the path, ears back, what we do
1	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | moose *not said here* |  |  | the path and ears |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in path=Location |
| 2 | **do** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Go up and pat its nose gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t16:o1:1
# text = Go up and pat its nose gently
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pat	pat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **pat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | its nose |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clap and shout so it moves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t16:o2:1
# text = Clap and shout so it moves
1	Clap	clap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | Clap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | present | Clap |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk past it fast on the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t16:o3:1
# text = Walk past it fast on the grass
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	past	past	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Back away slowly and give it lots of room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t16:o4:1
# text = Back away slowly and give it lots of room
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient lot=Theme |

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