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title: is the story about the brown bear a bit grim? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the story about the brown bear a bit grim? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f…

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is the story about the brown bear a bit grim?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» 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/1297-pg3454-part22/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t11:1
# text = is the story about the brown bear a bit grim?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the story |  |  |  | about the brown bear | 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 -->
nah, it's not grim, it ends nicely for them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t11:o1:1
# text = nah, it's not grim, it ends nicely for them all
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | grim *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for them *= they*; nicely *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | it |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sort** | present · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **chill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled, after a bit of bad stuff in the middle

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled, after a bit of bad stuff in the middle
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | it |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sort** | present · passive |  | everyone |  |  | after a bit of bad stuff | in the middle *goal* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in middle=Goal |
| 3 | **chill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled, and the bear gets a nice new home

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t11:o4:1
# text = nah, it ends happy, everyone's sorted and chilled, and the bear gets a nice new home
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | it |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sort** | present · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **chill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **get** | present | the bear | a nice new home |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus |

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