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title: Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army? Exam question 3 of lesson 1936 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…

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Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** bear mistake

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1936 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1936-pg7277-part73/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1936-pg7277-part73:e3:1
# text = Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	advancing	advancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	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 | which creature | the bear mistake |  |  |  | for a advancing army | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=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}

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The fox, who was carrying a huge banner and a lance into the field

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1936-pg7277-part73:e3:o1:1
# text = The fox, who was carrying a huge banner and a lance into the field
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · progressive | the fox | a huge banner and a lance |  | the field |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The boar with his sharp tusks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1936-pg7277-part73:e3:o2:1
# text = The boar with his sharp tusks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wolf, carrying a big stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1936-pg7277-part73:e3:o3:1
# text = The wolf, carrying a big stick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | the wolf | a big stick |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat, carrying her tail erect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1936-pg7277-part73:e3:o4:1
# text = The cat, carrying her tail erect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	erect	erect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | the cat *not said here* | cat's tail |  |  |  | erect *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

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