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title: Ngl, the bear talking was mad. Who was he? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, the bear talking was mad. Who was he? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf ge…

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Ngl, the bear talking was mad. Who was he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Ngl

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» 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/789-pg2591-part65/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ngl, the bear talking was mad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:1
# text = Ngl, the bear talking was mad.
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who was he?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:2
# text = Who was he?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A bewitched king's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:o1:1
# text = A bewitched king's son
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bewitch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A talking fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:o2:1
# text = A talking fox
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tricked shepherd boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:o3:1
# text = A tricked shepherd boy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wild bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t7:o4:1
# text = A wild bear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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