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title: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon enc… — Garden burials, wild animals and a new… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon encountering a deceased wild animal upon the highway. Exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

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Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon encountering a deceased wild animal upon the highway.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prudence · **What happens:** identify, encounter, decease · **To what, where:** course, deceased wild animal

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon encountering a deceased wild animal upon the highway.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
14	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	highway	highway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | gerund | prudence *not said here* | a deceased wild animal |  |  |  | upon the highway | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus |
| 3 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Examining the carcass closely for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e2:o1:1
# text = Examining the carcass closely for amusement
1	Examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | gerund |  | the carcass |  |  |  | for amusement; closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme for amusement=Attribute |

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

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Refraining from contact and informing an adult where necessary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e2:o2:1
# text = Refraining from contact and informing an adult where necessary
1	Refraining	refrain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
9	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | gerund |  |  |  | contact |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from contact=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Disposing of the carcass in a household refuse bin by hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e2:o3:1
# text = Disposing of the carcass in a household refuse bin by hand
1	Disposing	dispose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | gerund |  |  |  | a refuse bin |  | of the carcass; by hand | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Removing the carcass by hand to a domestic garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e2:o4:1
# text = Removing the carcass by hand to a domestic garden
1	Removing	remove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | gerund |  | the carcass |  | a domestic garden |  | by hand | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme to garden=Destination |

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