Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother:…
bro, did the rich guy beg for mercy at the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do · To what, where: rich guy beg, end
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» 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 | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 beg | det |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beg | amod |
| 6 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beg | compound |
| 7 | beg | beg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 mercy | case |
| 9 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beg | nmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | bro | the rich guy beg | at the end | for mercy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beg=Eventuality |
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
nah, he just screamed for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 screamed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 screamed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 screamed | advmod |
| 5 | screamed | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 help | case |
| 7 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 screamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | past | he | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 2
yeah, he begged and yelled let me off alive, no joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 begged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 yelled | cc |
| 6 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | conj |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 yelled | ccomp |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 let | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 let | compound:prt |
| 10 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 let | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 joke | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 joke | det |
| 13 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | past | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let off | infinitive | me | alive property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he yelled let me off alive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 yelled | ccomp |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 let | compound:prt |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | let off | infinitive | me | alive property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, he yelled let me off alive, bro, please
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 yelled | ccomp |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 let | compound:prt |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 let | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yelled | vocative |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 12 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | bro vocative | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | let off | infinitive | me | alive property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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