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title: Bruv, why did the bear turn up at the door? — Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did the bear turn up at the door? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befri…

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Bruv, why did the bear turn up at the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** do, turn up · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» 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/788-pg2591-part64/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why did the bear turn up at the door?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn up** | present | the bear |  |  | the door |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t2:o1:1
# text = He was hungry
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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

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He was freezing and wanted warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t2:o2:1
# text = He was freezing and wanted warmth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | warmth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot warmth=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wanted to eat the children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t2:o3:1
# text = He wanted to eat the children
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the children |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was tired and wanted sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:t2:o4:1
# text = He was tired and wanted sleep
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | sleep |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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