Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar…

why'd he start crying when he saw them, lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: start, cry, see · To what, where: them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 start	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 start	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 start	nsubj
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 start	xcomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 saw	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 crying	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saw	punct
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 start	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	start	would	he		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express	gerund	he not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past	he	them = they	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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

Cause he was crying because the wine had made him sentimental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 crying	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	aux
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 made	advcl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 made	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	obj
11	sentimental	sentimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	past · perfect · passive		the wine				sentimental property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cause he was happy and scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 happy	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 scared	cc
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 happy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					happy property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Cause he was overjoyed and also terrified of the serpent's threat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 overjoyed	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 overjoyed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 overjoyed	aux:pass
4	overjoyed	overjoy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 terrified	cc
6	also	also	ADV	_	7 terrified	advmod
7	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 overjoyed	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 threat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 serpent	det
10	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 threat	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 serpent	case
12	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 terrified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overjoy	past · passive		he					tree rules

Option 4

He was scared of the serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 serpent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 serpent	det
6	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of the serpent; scared property	tree rules

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