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description: kids say Leo's family "stole" a baby deer and it's gonna die, should i tell everyone Test 19 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

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kids say Leo's family "stole" a baby deer and it's gonna die, should i tell everyone

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, deer, i · **What happens:** say, be, tell · **To what, where:** family, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t19:1
# text = kids say Leo's family "stole" a baby deer and it's gonna die, should i tell everyone
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	stole	stole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	20	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids | Leo's family |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme deer=Manner |
| 2 | **is** | present | deer |  |  |  |  | die *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | i |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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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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Yes, and say his family are cruel people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, and say his family are cruel people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | his family | cruel people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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No, don't spread it; tell an adult if you are worried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t19:o2:1
# text = No, don't spread it; tell an adult if you are worried
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	spread	spread	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but make the story more dramatic so people listen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, but make the story more dramatic so people listen
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the story |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product |
| 2 | **listen** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, post it so the whole class knows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, post it so the whole class knows
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | the whole class |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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