Test 13 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

why'd Ivan keep playing even when the animals were worn out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ivan · What happens: keep, play, wear out · To what, where: animals

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 keep	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	even	even	ADV	_	11 worn	advmod
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 worn	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 worn	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 worn	aux:pass
11	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 playing	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 worn	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	infinitive	Ivan		tree rules
2	play	gerund	Ivan not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wear out	past · passive		the animals	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

He was having too much fun to stop and didn't care

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	3 having	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 having	aux
3	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fun	amod
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 having	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 care	cc
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 care	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 care	advmod
12	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past · progressive	He	much fun	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient
2	stop	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	not care	past · do-support	He not said here		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He wanted to win a bet with the parson

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 win	mark
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bet	det
6	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 parson	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parson	det
9	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obl

#	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	win not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a bet				with the parson	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bet=Eventuality

Option 3

He liked noise

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	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	He	noise					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot noise=Theme

Option 4

He forgot the animals were tired

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	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tired	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tired	cop
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forgot	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	He						tree rules
2	is	past	the animals					tired property	tree rules

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