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title: Determine the conduct most likely to permit a child to observe garde… — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the conduct most likely to permit a child to observe garden wildlife at close quarters. Exam question 4 of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Keeping garden wildlife safe

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Determine the conduct most likely to permit a child to observe garden wildlife at close quarters.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, permit, observe · **To what, where:** conduct, child, garden wildlife, close quarters

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e4:1
# text = Determine the conduct most likely to permit a child to observe garden wildlife at close quarters.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **permit** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer child=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **observe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | garden wildlife |  | close quarters |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wildlife=Topic |

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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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Calling loudly so the animals know one is present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e4:o1:1
# text = Calling loudly so the animals know one is present
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | present | the animals | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | Calling |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Moving slowly and speaking softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e4:o2:1
# text = Moving slowly and speaking softly
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clapping so that the animals remain still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e4:o3:1
# text = Clapping so that the animals remain still
1	Clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	6	mark	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | present | the animals |  |  |  | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Running towards the animals with arms raised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e4:o4:1
# text = Running towards the animals with arms raised
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | towards the animals; with arms | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards animal=Destination |
| 2 | **raise** | participle |  | arms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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