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description: State the material with which the badger family's dwelling walls and roof were constructed. Exam question 2 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, with
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# Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

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State the material with which the badger family's dwelling walls and roof were constructed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** construct · **To what, where:** dwelling walls

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e2:1
# text = State the material with which the badger family's dwelling walls and roof were constructed.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | past · passive |  | the badger family's dwelling walls and roof |  |  |  | with the material | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument |

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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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Piled stones, mud, and dry straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = Piled stones, mud, and dry straw
1	Piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clay and reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = Clay and reeds
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	reeds	reed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reed** | present | Clay *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Rocks and straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = Rocks and straw
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rocks and straw bound tightly with clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = Rocks and straw bound tightly with clay
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	bound	bound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bound** | present | Rocks and straw |  |  |  |  | with clay; tightly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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