Test 1 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

yo so the wolf kept begging the mink to let him fish, right? what finally made the mink say yes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, mink · What happens: keep, beg, let, fish, make, say · To what, where: mink · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 kept	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	begging	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kept	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mink	det
8	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 begging	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 let	mark
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 begging	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	fish	fish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	5 kept	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 made	obl
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 made	advmod
18	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mink	det
20	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 say	nsubj
21	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 made	xcomp
22	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	21 say	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	yo				tree rules
2	beg speech: request	gerund	yo not said here		the mink		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent mink=Recipient
3	let	to-infinitive	yo not said here	mink			tree rules
4	fish	infinitive	mink not said here				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	make	past	yo not said here			finally property	tree rules
6	say speech: assert	infinitive	the mink				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

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

He felt sorry for him

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He					for him = he; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He got tired of the begging

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 begging	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 begging	det
6	begging	begging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He got tired of all the begging and whining from the wolf

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 begging	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 begging	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 begging	det
7	begging	begging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 whining	cc
9	whining	whine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 begging	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 wolf	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	whine	gerund	He not said here			the wolf			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The wolf kept on begging until the mink finally just gave in and said yes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 said	ccomp
4	on	on	SCONJ	_	5 begging	mark
5	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 kept	advcl
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 mink	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mink	det
8	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begging	obl
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 gave	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 gave	advmod
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 begging	advcl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 gave	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 said	cc
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle · passive	the wolf			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	beg speech: request	gerund		until the mink		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
3	give in	past			finally property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	past				tree rules

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