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description: yo so the wolf kept begging the mink to let him fish, right? what finally made the mink say yes? 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, with 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1190-pg3027-part56/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t1:1
# text = yo so the wolf kept begging the mink to let him fish, right? what finally made the mink say yes?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mink	mink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	fish	fish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
17	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	mink	mink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
22	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He felt sorry for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t1:o1:1
# text = He felt sorry for him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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He got tired of the begging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t1:o2:1
# text = He got tired of the begging
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	begging	begging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t1:o3:1
# text = He got tired of all the begging and whining from the wolf
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	begging	begging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	whining	whine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t1:o4:1
# text = The wolf kept on begging until the mink finally just gave in and said yes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	ccomp	_	_
4	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mink	mink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | 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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**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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