Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

wait, why'd the Tsarevich stare at her so hard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» 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	_	3 why	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 wait	parataxis
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 stare	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stare	det
6	Tsarevich	Tsarevich	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stare	compound
7	stare	stare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 why	appos
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stare	nmod
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 hard	advmod
11	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					hard property	vn exist-47.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

She reminded him of his mother

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 reminded	nsubj
2	reminded	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reminded	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reminded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	past	She		him = he			of his mother	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of mother=Topic

Option 2

She was dressed so finely that he thought she must be a foreign princess from far away

The tree, 17 words

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	3 dressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	aux:pass
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 finely	advmod
5	finely	finely	ADV	_	3 dressed	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 thought	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thought	nsubj
8	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	advcl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 princess	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 princess	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 princess	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 princess	det
13	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 princess	amod
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thought	ccomp
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 far	case
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 princess	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 far	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		She	finely property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	think speech: other	past	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	must	she	a foreign princess	far property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She looked too good to be real

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looked	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	7 real	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 real	cop
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	She					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	to-infinitive	She not said here					real property	tree rules

Option 4

She smiled at him and he wanted to dance with her all evening long

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 smiled	nsubj
2	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smiled	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smiled	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 dance	mark
9	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dance	obl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 evening	det
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dance	obl:unmarked
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 dance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	She		at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	dance not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	evening	with her = she; long property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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