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title: omg a bison at Yellowstone threw a guy like 30 feet in the air cos h… — Respecting wild animals · tree and pragmatics
description: omg a bison at Yellowstone threw a guy like 30 feet in the air cos he went up for a selfie, what's the lesson Test 17 · ★★ 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
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

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omg a bison at Yellowstone threw a guy like 30 feet in the air cos he went up for a selfie, what's the lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bison, selfie · **What happens:** throw, co, go up, be · **To what, where:** guy, air, lesson

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t17:1
# text = omg a bison at Yellowstone threw a guy like 30 feet in the air cos he went up for a selfie, what's the lesson
1	omg	omg	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Yellowstone	Yellowstone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | a bison at Yellowstone | a guy |  | the air |  | like 30 feet | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent guy=Theme in air=Destination |
| 2 | **co** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go up** | past | bison |  |  |  |  | for a selfie and the lesson | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **is a** | present | a selfie and the lesson | the lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep well back from big wild animals, even calm-looking ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t17:o1:1
# text = Keep well back from big wild animals, even calm-looking ones
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep back** | imperative | you *not said here* | looking ones |  |  |  | from big wild animals; well *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from animal=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bison are tame, the man must have hit it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t17:o2:1
# text = Bison are tame, the man must have hit it first
1	Bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bison |  |  |  |  | tame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | must · perfect | the man | Bison |  |  |  | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bison only attack people who carry phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t17:o3:1
# text = Bison only attack people who carry phones
1	Bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | present | people | phones |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Selfies are fine if you move very quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t17:o4:1
# text = Selfies are fine if you move very quickly
1	Selfies	selfy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Selfies |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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