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title: why did the wolverine start that race, mate? — Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the wolverine start that race, mate? Test 1 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did the wolverine start that race, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** wolverine start

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:t1:1
# text = why did the wolverine start that race, mate?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	det	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was bored and wanted a laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:t1:o1:1
# text = he was bored and wanted a laugh
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	bored	bored	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	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot laugh=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was bored and wanted to show how fast he was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:t1:o2:1
# text = he was bored and wanted to show how fast he was
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	bored	bored	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was lost and wanted fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:t1:o3:1
# text = he was lost and wanted fun
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because the rock had insulted his running and he wanted revenge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:t1:o4:1
# text = because the rock had insulted his running and he wanted revenge
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	insulted	insult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	running	running	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive |  | the rock |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer running=Result |
| 2 | **want** | past | he | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |
| 3 | **run** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom running «act intransitive»: poss=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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