--- title: What was the principal reason the wolverine gave for challenging the… — Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal reason the wolverine gave for challenging the rock to a race? Exam question 2 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri… What was the principal reason the wolverine gave for challenging the rock to a race? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wolverine · **What happens:** be, give, challenge · **To what, where:** principal reason, rock This is exam question 2 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» of the books 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/books/1226-pg3282-part27/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e2:1 # text = What was the principal reason the wolverine gave for challenging the rock to a race? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 challenging challenge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the wolverine | the principal reason *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 3 | **challenge** | gerund | the wolverine *not said here* | the rock | | | | to a race | tree rules | 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} He was lonely and wanted a friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e2:o1:1 # text = He was lonely and wanted a friend 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | a friend | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was dull and wanted a companion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e2:o2:1 # text = He was dull and wanted a companion 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | dull *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | a companion | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot companion=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He wanted fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e2:o3:1 # text = He wanted fun 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | fun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fun=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was angry and wanted a fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e2:o4:1 # text = He was angry and wanted a fight 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | a fight | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=Theme | **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. 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