Test 8 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a h…

bet the bear was mad when he got stuck

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bear, he · What happens: bet, be, get

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 bet	ccomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	advcl
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	bet	imperative	you not said here		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the bear	mad property	tree rules
3	get	past	he	stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

he was beyond fuming, he just tugged and tugged until the tar stuck his whole face to the ox

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fuming	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	aux
3	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	4 fuming	mark
4	fuming	fume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tugged	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tugged	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 tugged	advmod
8	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tugged	cc
10	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tugged	conj
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 stuck	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tar	det
13	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stuck	nsubj
14	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tugged	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 face	nmod:poss
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 face	amod
17	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stuck	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 ox	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ox	det
20	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fume	past · progressive	he			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	tug	past	he			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	tug	past	he not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
4	stick	past	the tar	tar's whole face	to the ox	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent face=Patient to ox=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he was beyond fuming, he just tugged and tugged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fuming	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	aux
3	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	4 fuming	mark
4	fuming	fume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tugged	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tugged	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 tugged	advmod
8	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tugged	cc
10	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tugged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	fume	past · progressive	he	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	tug	past	he	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	tug	past	he not said here	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 3

he was beyond fuming, he just tugged and tugged, and then he started yelling at the ox for an hour

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fuming	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	aux
3	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	4 fuming	mark
4	fuming	fume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tugged	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tugged	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 tugged	advmod
8	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tugged	cc
10	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tugged	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 started	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 started	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 started	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 started	nsubj
15	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fuming	parataxis
16	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 started	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 ox	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ox	det
19	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 yelling	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 hour	case
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 hour	det
22	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 yelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	fume	past · progressive	he			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	tug	past	he			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	tug	past	he not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
4	start	past	he	then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	yell speech: express	gerund	he not said here	hour	at the ox	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at ox=Stimulus

Option 4

he was so mad, he just roared and ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 mad	advmod
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 roared	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 roared	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 roared	advmod
8	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ran	cc
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 roared	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	mad property	tree rules
2	roar	past	he		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	run	past	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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