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title: Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift… — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers? Exam question 1 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youngest bear cub · **What happens:** describe, act, gift · **To what, where:** action, meat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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/1269-pg338-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e1:1
# text = Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	starving	starving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which action of the youngest bear cub |  |  |  | as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as gift=Attribute |
| 2 | **act** |  | the youngest bear cub |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **gift** |  |  | meat to the starving badgers |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The side kick of the left hind leg that delivered the meat into the badger's hut

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = The side kick of the left hind leg that delivered the meat into the badger's hut
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past | the side kick of the left hind leg | the meat |  | the badger's hut |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
| 2 | **kick** |  |  | the left hind leg |  |  |  |  | nom kick «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The quick push of the right foreleg that moved the buffalo blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = The quick push of the right foreleg that moved the buffalo blood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	foreleg	foreleg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | the quick push of the right foreleg | the buffalo blood |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |
| 2 | **push** |  | the right foreleg |  |  |  |  |  | nom push «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The kick that delivered the knife into the hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = The kick that delivered the knife into the hut
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past | the kick | the knife |  | the hut |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The hidden meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = The hidden meat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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