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title: Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted… — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted the bear? Exam question 2 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, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted the bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event, magic avenger · **What happens:** describe, confront · **To what, where:** origin, bear

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e2:1
# text = Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted the bear?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	confronted	confront	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which event | the origin of the magic avenger |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme |
| 2 | **confront** | past | the magic avenger | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the buffalo blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e2:o1:1
# text = The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the buffalo blood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** |  | the Great Spirit |  |  |  |  | to the badger's prayer over the buffalo blood | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
| 2 | **pray** |  | the badger |  |  | the buffalo blood |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The badger's careful purifying of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing from the lodge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e2:o2:1
# text = The badger's careful purifying of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing from the lodge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	purifying	purify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fleeing	fleeing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purify** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing; from the lodge | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from lodge=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e2:o3:1
# text = The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** |  | the Great Spirit |  |  |  |  | to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
| 2 | **pray** |  | the badger |  |  | the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The chieftain's order to the bear over the daughters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e2:o4:1
# text = The chieftain's order to the bear over the daughters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** |  | the chieftain |  |  |  |  | to the bear over the daughters | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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