--- title: Dude, what happened when Ivan whacked the cushions? — Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what happened when Ivan whacked the cushions? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 424 «Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/t9/) [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/) / [Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three s… Dude, what happened when Ivan whacked the cushions? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, Ivan · **What happens:** happen, whack · **To what, where:** cushions This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 424 «Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife» 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/424-pg22373-part16/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:t9:1 # text = Dude, what happened when Ivan whacked the cushions? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 whacked whack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | Dude | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **whack** | past | Ivan | the cushions | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cushion=Patient | 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} dust rose up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:t9:o1:1 # text = dust rose up 1 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | past | dust | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} blood came out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:t9:o2:1 # text = blood came out 1 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | blood | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} ash came out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:t9:o3:1 # text = ash came out 1 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | ash | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} she fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:t9:o4:1 # text = she fled 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | she | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. - ← previous: [Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/t8/) - next →: [Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/t10/) - ↑ back to [Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/)