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# Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

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Indicate the purpose for which father badger approached the bear while covered in a long loose robe.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, father badger · **What happens:** indicate, approach, cover · **To what, where:** purpose, bear

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e3:1
# text = Indicate the purpose for which father badger approached the bear while covered in a long loose robe.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	approached	approach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **approach** | past | father badger | the bear |  |  |  | for the purpose | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme |
| 3 | **cover** | participle | father badger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in a long loose robe | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in robe=Theme |

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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}

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To beg meat for his children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = To beg meat for his children
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	beg	beg	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  | meat |  |  |  | for his children | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent meat=Recipient for child=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To trade a fine bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = To trade a fine bow
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trade	trade	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | to-infinitive |  | a fine bow |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To find a wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = To find a wife
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a wife |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To borrow a robe for winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = To borrow a robe for winter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | a robe |  |  | winter |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=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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