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title: bro so why was the baby bear always getting dissed — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro so why was the baby bear always getting dissed Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 2 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro so why was the baby bear always getting dissed

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, dis · **To what, where:** baby bear

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t2:1
# text = bro so why was the baby bear always getting dissed
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dissed	dis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the baby bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dis** | gerund · passive |  | the baby bear |  |  |  | always *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz he never shared his food with anyone in the whole village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t2:o1:1
# text = cuz he never shared his food with anyone in the whole village
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **share** | past | cuz | cuz's food |  | the whole village |  | with anyone | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool and his brothers laughed at him all day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t2:o2:1
# text = cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool and his brothers laughed at him all day
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dingy	dingy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	kinky	kinky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | his fur |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like kinky wool | tree rules |
| 4 | **laugh** | past | his brothers |  |  |  | day | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t2:o3:1
# text = cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dingy	dingy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	kinky	kinky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like kinky wool | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | his fur |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz his fur was bright and shiny like gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t2:o4:1
# text = cuz his fur was bright and shiny like gold
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | his fur |  |  |  |  | like gold; bright *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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