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# Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

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Identify the character who, having been refused no hospitality, nevertheless forcibly expelled the badger family from their dwelling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, character · **What happens:** identify, have, be, expel · **To what, where:** character, badger family, dwelling

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» 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/1268-pg338-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e1:1
# text = Identify the character who, having been refused no hospitality, nevertheless forcibly expelled the badger family from their dwelling.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	reparandum	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	expelled	expel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | participle | the character |  |  |  |  | refuse *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **expel** | past |  | the badger family |  | their dwelling |  | forcibly, nevertheless *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from dwelling=Source |

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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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The Brown Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = The Brown Badger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Grizzly Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = The Grizzly Bear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Grizzly	Grizzly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Black Bear who came to the lodge door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = The Black Bear who came to the lodge door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the Black Bear |  |  | the lodge door |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Black Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = The Black Bear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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