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description: Two blokes met a Bear. One legged it up a tree, what did the other one do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

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Two blokes met a Bear. One legged it up a tree, what did the other one do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two blokes, One, tree · **What happens:** meet, leg up, do · **To what, where:** Bear, other one do

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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/375-pg19994-part14/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two blokes met a Bear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:1
# text = Two blokes met a Bear.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	blokes	bloke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | Two blokes | a Bear |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-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.

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*Sentence 2:* One legged it up a tree, what did the other one do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:2
# text = One legged it up a tree, what did the other one do?
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	legged	leg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leg up** | past | One | Bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | a tree | the other one do |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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he shouted back at the Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:o1:1
# text = he shouted back at the Bear
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout back** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the Bear |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he offered the Bear some food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:o2:1
# text = he offered the Bear some food
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | he | the Bear |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent bear=Goal food=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he climbed up into the tree and hid behind the highest branch of the oak

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:o3:1
# text = he climbed up into the tree and hid behind the highest branch of the oak
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past | he |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination |
| 2 | **hide** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the highest branch of the oak |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind branch=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he played dead on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t5:o4:1
# text = he played dead on the ground
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | he | dead |  | the ground |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |

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