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description: Which circumstance caused the bears to flee into the forest in the tale's sequence? Exam question 3 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 schoo
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# Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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Which circumstance caused the bears to flee into the forest in the tale's sequence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstance, bears · **What happens:** cause, flee · **To what, where:** bears, forest

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e3:1
# text = Which circumstance caused the bears to flee into the forest in the tale's sequence?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | which circumstance | the bears |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flee** | to-infinitive | the bears *not said here* |  |  | the forest |  | in the tale's sequence | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location |

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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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The badger's prayer for the buffalo blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = The badger's prayer for the buffalo blood
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	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** |  | the badger |  |  |  |  | for the buffalo blood | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The avenger's loud shout that the bear must leave the woods and give the knife back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = The avenger's loud shout that the bear must leave the woods and give the knife back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | must | the bear | the woods |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
| 2 | **give back** | present | the avenger's loud shout | the knife |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 3 | **shout** |  | the avenger |  |  |  |  |  | nom shout «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The avenger's demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = The avenger's demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | infinitive | the avenger's demand | the badger's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme |
| 2 | **demand** |  | the avenger |  |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The avenger's sudden demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling and all the stolen meat

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = The avenger's sudden demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling and all the stolen meat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | infinitive | the avenger's sudden demand and all stolen meat | the badger's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **demand** |  | the avenger |  |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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