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title: What did the bear reckon the fox was doin' with the fire? — Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the bear reckon the fox was doin' with the fire? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the…

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What did the bear reckon the fox was doin' with the fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear, fox · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** doin

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» 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/1243-pg3282-part44/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:t3:1
# text = What did the bear reckon the fox was doin' with the fire?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	doin	doin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the bear |  |  |  |  | with the fire | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the fox | doin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Settin' fire to the pitch for a laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:t3:o1:1
# text = Settin' fire to the pitch for a laugh
1	Settin	Settin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** |  | Settin |  |  |  |  | to the pitch; for a laugh | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent to=obl for=obl |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Rubbin' bright colours in with a brush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:t3:o2:1
# text = Rubbin' bright colours in with a brush
1	Rubbin	Rubbin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Rubbin' bright colours in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:t3:o3:1
# text = Rubbin' bright colours in
1	Rubbin	Rubbin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Warmin' his back up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:t3:o4:1
# text = Warmin' his back up
1	Warmin	Warmin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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