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title: so when dad went to beg, what did the bear do, like for real? — Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so when dad went to beg, what did the bear do, like for real? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

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so when dad went to beg, what did the bear do, like for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, bear · **What happens:** go, beg, do, like

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t5:1
# text = so when dad went to beg, what did the bear do, like for real?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past · do-support | the bear |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 4 | **like** | infinitive | dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for real | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for real=Attribute |

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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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shoved him hard with his big front paw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = shoved him hard with his big front paw
1	shoved	shove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | with his big front paw; hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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kicked him once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = kicked him once
1	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | once *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pushed him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = pushed him away
1	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push away** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kicked him over with his big hind foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = kicked him over with his big hind foot
1	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick over** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | with his big hind foot | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with foot=Instrument |

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