Test 2 · ★ · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: t…

Wait, why did the wolf let him go, ngl?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wolf, him · What happens: wait, let, go · To what, where: him, ngl

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1104 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: the Tsar milks three wild mothers and gains new companions while the serpent's plan fails» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 let	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ngl	punct
11	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	past · do-support	the wolf	him = he	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	him = he not said here	ngl	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

She let him go because he saved her cub, so he owed her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 saved	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saved	nsubj
7	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 go	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cub	nmod:poss
9	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saved	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 owed	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 owed	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 owed	nsubj
13	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 owed	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	let	infinitive	She	him = he		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	save	past	he	her cub		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Theme
4	owe	past	he		her = she	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He milked her and let her go, so she paid him back

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	2 milked	nsubj
2	milked	milk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 milked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 milked	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 paid	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 paid	nsubj
11	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 milked	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 paid	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	milk	past	He	her = she	vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source
2	let	infinitive	He not said here	her = she	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	her = she not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pay back	past	she	him = he	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

Option 3

He let her go since she owed him

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	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	7 owed	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 owed	nsubj
7	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 go	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 owed	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	let	past	He	her = she		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	owe	past	she		him = he	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

He milked her and let her go, so she paid him back with a wolf-whelp gift later on

The tree, 19 words

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	2 milked	nsubj
2	milked	milk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 milked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 milked	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 paid	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 paid	nsubj
11	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 milked	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 paid	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	19 gift	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 gift	det
16	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 whelp	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 wolf	punct
18	whelp	whelp	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gift	compound
19	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 paid	obl
20	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 milked	advmod
21	on	on	ADP	_	2 milked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	milk	past	He	her = she	late property	vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source
2	let	infinitive	He not said here	her = she		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pay back	past	she	him = he	with a whelp gift	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

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