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title: bro did Ivan actually eat that lion cub? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro did Ivan actually eat that lion cub? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

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bro did Ivan actually eat that lion cub?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, eat · **To what, where:** Ivan

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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/429-pg22373-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t4:1
# text = bro did Ivan actually eat that lion cub?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | Ivan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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nope, he let it be because the lioness begged him really hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = nope, he let it be because the lioness begged him really hard
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lioness	lioness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | the lioness |  |  |  |  | beg, hard *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he ate it but the lioness begged him to stop after the first bite

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, he ate it but the lioness begged him to stop after the first bite
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lioness	lioness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the lioness |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lioness *not said here* |  |  |  | after the first bite |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he kept it as a pet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = nope, he kept it as a pet
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | it |  |  |  | as a pet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he let it be because the lioness begged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = nope, he let it be because the lioness begged
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lioness	lioness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	begged	beg	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | because the lioness | tree rules |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle |  | the lioness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |

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