Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

what did the Tsar do with the boards, bro?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tsar · What happens: do

This is test 9 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Tsar	det
4	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 boards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boards	det
8	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boards	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the Tsar					with the boards and bro	vn act-114-1 «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

He bought them all and threw them into the sea without looking inside

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 them	nmod:unmarked
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 threw	cc
6	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bought	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 threw	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threw	obl
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 looking	mark
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 threw	advcl
13	inside	inside	ADV	_	12 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	buy	past	He	them = they		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	throw	past	He not said here	them = they	into the sea result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into sea=Result
3	look	gerund	He not said here		inside property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had them carried to the palace and split open, finding jewels inside

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 carried	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	aux
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 split	cc
9	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	conj
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 split	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 finding	punct
12	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 carried	advcl
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 finding	obj
14	inside	inside	ADV	_	12 finding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry	past · perfect · passive	He	the palace		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to palace=Destination
2	split	past			open property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	find	gerund	jewels		inside property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Topic

Option 3

Split them, found gold coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Split	split	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Split	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Split	parataxis
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	find	past		gold coins					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bought them, found jewels inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bought	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bought	conj
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obj
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 jewels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past		them = they					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	find	past		jewels					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Topic

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