Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ri…

dude, why did they cry about killing the bullock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: cry, kill · To what, where: bullock

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1103 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ride a horse, a humble-bee and a bullock away from the serpent, and the bullock gives his life to save them» 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cry	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 cry	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cry	aux
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cry	nsubj
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 dude	conj
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 killing	mark
8	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 cry	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bullock	det
10	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 killing	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · do-support	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kill	gerund	they not said here	the bullock					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=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

He was their dad who saved them from the serpent three times

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	4 dad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dad	cop
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 saved	nsubj
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dad	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 serpent	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 serpent	det
10	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saved	obl
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 times	nummod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 saved	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	their dad					tree rules
2	save	past	their dad	them = they		the serpent	time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from serpent=Source

Option 2

He was a bull who tricked them

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	4 bull	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bull	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bull	det
4	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tricked	nsubj
6	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bull	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tricked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a bull					tree rules
2	trick	past	a bull	them = they					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

He was their friend who fed them

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	4 friend	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 friend	cop
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friend	nmod:poss
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fed	nsubj
6	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 friend	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	their friend					tree rules
2	feed	past	their friend	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was their dad who saved them

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	4 dad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dad	cop
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 saved	nsubj
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dad	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	their dad					tree rules
2	save	past	their dad	them = they					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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