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title: A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground. What sh… — Respecting wild animals · tree and pragmatics
description: A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground. What should a family do? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

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A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground. What should a family do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stag, family · **What happens:** roar, paw, do · **To what, where:** ground

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:1
# text = A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pawing	paw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | present · progressive | a stag in a park in autumn |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **paw** | gerund | a stag in a park in autumn *not said here* | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient |

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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:* What should a family do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:2
# text = What should a family do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | a family |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep well back and watch from a distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:o1:1
# text = Keep well back and watch from a distance
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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from a distance | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Run around it to take photos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:o2:1
# text = Run around it to take photos
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	around	around	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | photos |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk up to stroke it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:o3:1
# text = Walk up to stroke it
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stroke** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Offer it food from their hands to calm it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t9:o4:1
# text = Offer it food from their hands to calm it
1	Offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | their hands |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal food=Theme |
| 2 | **calm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

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