Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the…

ngl the starling kinda snitches on the sister, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, starling · What happens: ngl, snitch

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1105 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the starling's warnings and the boiling water» 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 starling	det
3	starling	starling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snitches	nsubj
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 snitches	advmod
5	snitches	snitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	acl:relcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 sister	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sister	det
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snitches	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	1 ngl	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	snitch speech: other	present	the starling					on the sister; kinda property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

nah, it doesn't snitch at all, it just keeps telling him to go slow and watch out for the doors

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 snitch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 snitch	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 snitch	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 snitch	advmod
6	snitch	snitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 snitch	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keeps	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keeps	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 keeps	advmod
12	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 snitch	conj
13	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 keeps	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 telling	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 telling	xcomp
17	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 go	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 watch	cc
19	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 snitch	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 watch	compound:prt
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 doors	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 doors	det
23	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not snitch speech: other	present · do-support	it		all		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	it				tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	gerund		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	go not said to happen	to-infinitive				slow property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	watch out	infinitive				for the doors	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for door=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, it kinda snitches, cuz it keeps warning him about her and the serpent

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 cuz	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 snitches	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 snitches	nsubj
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 snitches	advmod
5	snitches	snitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cuz	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 snitches	punct
7	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cuz	ccomp
10	warning	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 keeps	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 warning	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 warning	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 serpent	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 serpent	det
16	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuz	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	snitch speech: other	present	it		kinda property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cuz	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
3	keep	present	it			tree rules
4	warn speech: warn	gerund		him = he	about her = she	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about she=Topic

Option 3

yes, it warns him about the serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 warns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warns	nsubj
4	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warns	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 serpent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 serpent	det
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	it		him = he			about the serpent	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about serpent=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, it just tells him to go slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 tells	advmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tells	xcomp
9	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	it		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive						slow property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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