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title: dude, what did the bear call out when the fawn buried Iktomi? — Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: dude, what did the bear call out when the fawn buried Iktomi? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 12 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dude, what did the bear call out when the fawn buried Iktomi?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear, fawn · **What happens:** call out, bury · **To what, where:** Iktomi

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t12:1
# text = dude, what did the bear call out when the fawn buried Iktomi?
1	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fawn	fawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the bear |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 2 | **bury** | past | the fawn | Iktomi |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iktomi=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Black spots to wear for a day!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t12:o1:1
# text = "Black spots to wear for a day!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Black spots |  |  |  | day |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Brown, brown spots to wear forever!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t12:o2:1
# text = "Brown, brown spots to wear forever!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Brown brown spots |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Forever brown!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t12:o3:1
# text = "Forever brown!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Red spots for all of you now!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t12:o4:1
# text = "Red spots for all of you now!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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