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title: so was the old badger proud of his son — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so was the old badger proud of his son Test 13 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 13 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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so was the old badger proud of his son

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t13:1
# text = so was the old badger proud of his son
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of badger's son; the old badger *obl:unmarked*; proud *property* | tree rules |

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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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yeah he was happy to be called son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t13:o1:1
# text = yeah he was happy to be called son
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | he *not said here* | son |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he was delighted to be called father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah he was delighted to be called father
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | delighted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | he *not said here* | father |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no he was sad to be called father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t13:o3:1
# text = no he was sad to be called father
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | he *not said here* | father |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no he was not delighted to be called father by a stranger from the woods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t13:o4:1
# text = no he was not delighted to be called father by a stranger from the woods
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | delighted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | a stranger from the woods | father |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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