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title: Yo, what did the bear do before the match? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the bear do before the match? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what did the bear do before the match?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** bear

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» 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/1350-pg4018-part10/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:t8:1
# text = Yo, what did the bear do before the match?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  | before the match |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Built a wrestling platform and sharpened his claws for the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:t8:o1:1
# text = Built a wrestling platform and sharpened his claws for the match
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | a wrestling platform |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product |
| 2 | **sharpen** | past |  | his claws |  |  |  | for the match | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent claw=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Made a lunch for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:t8:o2:1
# text = Made a lunch for everyone
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | a lunch |  |  |  | for everyone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lunch=Product for everyone=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carried stones to the plain and then carefully built a raised platform

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:t8:o3:1
# text = Carried stones to the plain and then carefully built a raised platform
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | stones |  | the plain |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme to plain=Destination |
| 2 | **build** | past |  | a raised platform |  |  | then | carefully *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product |
| 3 | **raise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Built the wrestling platform

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:t8:o4:1
# text = Built the wrestling platform
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | the wrestling platform |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product |

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