Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

the Tsar literally dreamt it, lol, like a fake one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tsar · What happens: dreamt · To what, where: it

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Tsar	det
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dreamt	nsubj
3	literally	literally	ADV	_	4 dreamt	advmod
4	dreamt	dreamt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dreamt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lol	punct
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 dreamt	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 one	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dreamt	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dreamt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dreamt	past	the Tsar	it				literally property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, it told him why she was sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 sad	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sad	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sad	cop
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 told	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	it		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	past	she					sad property	tree rules

Option 2

Yep, the dream was sent by a saint who wanted him to find the youth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dream	det
4	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sent	aux:pass
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 saint	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 saint	det
9	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 saint	acl:relcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 find	mark
14	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sent	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 youth	det
16	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	send	past · passive	a saint	the dream	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	want	past	a saint	him = he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	a saint not said here	the youth	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Topic

Option 3

Nah, he made the whole story up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	past	he	the whole story					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot

Option 4

Nope, it was a trick the uncles played, not a real dream at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 trick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trick	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trick	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trick	det
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 uncles	det
8	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trick	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dream	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 dream	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dream	det
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dream	amod
14	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trick	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 dream	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a trick and a real dream at all					tree rules
2	play	past	the uncles	a trick and a real dream at all not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme

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