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title: so the dad kept saying he killed more bears back in the day, lol — Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brot… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the dad kept saying he killed more bears back in the day, lol Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1222 «Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers, part 2: the bear chief's servant lures the hunters into the mountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 7 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big…

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so the dad kept saying he killed more bears back in the day, lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** keep, say, kill back · **To what, where:** more bears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1222 «Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers, part 2: the bear chief's servant lures the hunters into the mountain» of the books 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/books/1222-pg3282-part23/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1222-pg3282-part23:t7:1
# text = so the dad kept saying he killed more bears back in the day, lol
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **kill back** | past | dad | more bears |  |  | day |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, every time the boys brought some back from the forest, he would tell the same tale

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1222-pg3282-part23:t7:o1:1
# text = Yep, every time the boys brought some back from the forest, he would tell the same tale
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | the boys | some |  | the forest | time |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent some=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | he | the same tale |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, every time the boys brought some back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1222-pg3282-part23:t7:o2:1
# text = Yep, every time the boys brought some back
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | the boys | some |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent some=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, every single time the boys came home from the forest with game, he bragged loudly again

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1222-pg3282-part23:t7:o3:1
# text = Yep, every single time the boys came home from the forest with game, he bragged loudly again
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	bragged	brag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the boys |  |  | the forest with game | time | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  | again | loudly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he only mentioned it the first day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1222-pg3282-part23:t7:o4:1
# text = Nope, he only mentioned it the first day
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | he | it |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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