--- title: bro the bear was so dumb, right? — Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever… · tree and pragmatics description: bro the bear was so dumb, right? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1113-pg29672-part19/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1113-pg29672-part19/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a h… bro the bear was so dumb, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear, bro · **What happens:** bro, be This is test 3 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1113-pg29672-part19/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t3:1 # text = bro the bear was so dumb, right? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 right right INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bro** | | the bear | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | bro | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | 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} totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go, which is why the ox dragged him off across the steppe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t3:o1:1 # text = totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go, which is why the ox dragged him off across the steppe 1 totally totally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 across across ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **let** | could | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **drag off** | past | the ox | him *= he* | | the steppe | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} totally, he just ran off really fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t3:o2:1 # text = totally, he just ran off really fast 1 totally totally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | he | | | | | fast, totally *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t3:o3:1 # text = totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go 1 totally totally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **let** | could | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go, and then he cried for his mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t3:o4:1 # text = totally, he just kept pulling and pulling till he couldn't let go, and then he cried for his mum 1 totally totally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **let** | could | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | | | | then | for his mum | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mum=Recipient | **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. 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