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title: ok real talk, what were the badgers' walls made of? — Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok real talk, what were the badgers' walls made of? Test 10 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 10 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

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ok real talk, what were the badgers' walls made of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ok real talk · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** walls

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t10:1
# text = ok real talk, what were the badgers' walls made of?
1	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | ok real talk and the badgers's walls | the badgers's walls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the badgers's walls *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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rocks and straw packed tight with mud and clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t10:o1:1
# text = rocks and straw packed tight with mud and clay
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	_	_
4	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | participle |  | rocks and straw *not said here* |  |  |  | with mud and clay; tight *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rocks and straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t10:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
piled stones, mud, and dry straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t10:o3:1
# 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 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
clay and hides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t10:o4:1
# text = clay and hides
1	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=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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