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title: wait what did the badger snatch off the grass — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait what did the badger snatch off the grass Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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wait what did the badger snatch off the grass

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do · **To what, where:** badger snatch

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t3:1
# text = wait what did the badger snatch off the grass
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	snatch	snatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the badger snatch |  |  |  | off the grass | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snatch=Eventuality |

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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 -->
a small red clot of bear blood that had fallen from the cub's paw

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t3:o1:1
# text = a small red clot of bear blood that had fallen from the cub's paw
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clot	clot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | bear blood |  |  | the cub's paw |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from paw=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little red clot of buffalo blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t3:o2:1
# text = a little red clot of buffalo blood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clot	clot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a small red berry from the bush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t3:o3:1
# text = a small red berry from the bush
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little red feather of the eagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t3:o4:1
# text = a little red feather of the eagle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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