Test 2 · ★ · Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring:…

Bro, why did the dad keep selling his own son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, keep, sell · To what, where: dad, own son

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bro	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 keep	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 son	amod
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 selling	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the dad	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality
2	keep	present	Bro		tree rules
3	sell	gerund	Bro not said here	Bro's own son	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

They were broke, bruh, and wanted more ale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broke	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	cop
3	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct
5	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 broke	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	parataxis
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 ale	amod
10	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					broke property	tree rules
2	want	past		more ale					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ale=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broke	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	cop
3	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bruh	punct
5	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 broke	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 enough	punct
7	barely	barely	ADV	_	8 enough	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 broke	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 hut	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hut	det
11	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					for the hut; broke, enough property	tree rules

Option 3

They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut and the old cow and the fields

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broke	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	cop
3	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct
5	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 broke	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hut	punct
7	barely	barely	ADV	_	11 hut	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 barely	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 hut	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hut	det
11	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cow	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cow	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cow	amod
15	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hut	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fields	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fields	det
18	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hut	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					broke property	tree rules

Option 4

They were broke, bruh, barely enough for the hut, so he kept selling

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broke	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	cop
3	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct
5	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 broke	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 barely	punct
7	barely	barely	ADV	_	3 broke	conj
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 barely	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 hut	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hut	det
11	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 barely	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kept	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 kept	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 kept	nsubj
15	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	conj
16	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	They	broke property	tree rules
2	keep	past	he		tree rules
3	sell	gerund	he not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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