--- title: so father badger just wanted food for his babies, nothing else? — Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the… · tree and pragmatics description: so father badger just wanted food for his babies, nothing else? Test 11 · ★ 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1268-pg338-part5/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1268-pg338-part5/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b… so father badger just wanted food for his babies, nothing else? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father badger · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** food This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t11:1 # text = so father badger just wanted food for his babies, nothing else? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 badger badger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 appos _ _ 12 else else ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | father badger | food | | | | for badger's babies | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | 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} yeah, he begged for meat for his kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t11:o1:1 # text = yeah, he begged for meat for his kids 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he | | | | | for meat; for his kids | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for meat=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} no, he wanted a new bow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t11:o2:1 # text = no, he wanted a new bow 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a new bow | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bow=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he asked for a robe for his wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t11:o3:1 # text = yeah, he asked for a robe for his wife 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | | | | for a robe; for his wife | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he begged for meat for his kids and nothing more at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t11:o4:1 # text = yeah, he begged for meat for his kids and nothing more at all 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 conj _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he | | | | | for meat for his kids | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for meat=Topic | **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. 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