Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

Mate, why's Daniel always weeping?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Daniel · What happens: weep

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 weeping	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 weeping	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weeping	aux
5	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 weeping	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 weeping	advmod
7	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Mate	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present · progressive	Daniel					always property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer

His luck goes wrong with every master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 luck	nmod:poss
2	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goes	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 master	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 master	det
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	His luck					with every master; wrong property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with master=Beneficiary

Option 2

Every master he serves dies, and his luck goes wrong with each new one he finds

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 master	det
2	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serves	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 serves	nsubj
4	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 serves	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 goes	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 goes	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 luck	nmod:poss
9	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	nsubj
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 serves	conj
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 goes	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 one	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 one	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	obl
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 finds	nsubj
17	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	serve	present	every master			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	die	present	every master not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	go	present	master's luck		with each new one; wrong property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with one=Beneficiary
4	find	present	luck	each new one not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 3

His masters are always cruel to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 masters	nmod:poss
2	masters	master	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cruel	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cruel	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 cruel	advmod
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cruel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His masters		him = he			always, cruel property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

His luck goes wrong with every master he serves, and he has been cursed since birth

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 luck	nmod:poss
2	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goes	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 master	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 master	det
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 serves	nsubj
9	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 master	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cursed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cursed	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cursed	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 cursed	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 cursed	aux:pass
15	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goes	conj
16	since	since	ADP	_	17 birth	case
17	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	His luck			with every master; wrong property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with master=Beneficiary
2	serve	present	luck	every master not said here			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Attribute
3	curse	present · perfect · passive		luck	since birth		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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