Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an ol…

Wait, so the old dude had to go to school at his age?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old dude · What happens: wait, have, go · To what, where: age

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» 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	_	7 had	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 had	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dude	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dude	amod
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 age	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 age	nmod:poss
14	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	the old dude			tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	the old dude not said here	at dude's age	to school	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

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

Yeah, his sons forced him, pretty rough tho

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 forced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 forced	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sons	nmod:poss
4	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forced	nsubj
5	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forced	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tho	punct
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	9 rough	advmod
9	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tho	amod
10	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past	his sons		him = he			rough tho obl	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, his sons made him go to school and he had to learn his letters before he died

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sons	nmod:poss
4	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 learn	mark
14	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 letters	nmod:poss
16	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 learn	obj
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 died	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 died	nsubj
19	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 learn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	past	his sons	him = he		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		school	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
3	have	past	he			tree rules
4	learn	to-infinitive	he not said here	his letters		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic
5	die	past	he			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6	letter		his = he			nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, his kids made him, lowkey so cringe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 kids	nmod:poss
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowkey	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 cringe	advmod
10	cringe	cringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	his kids	him = he				lowkey obl; cringe obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product

Option 4

Yeah, his kids dragged him to school even though he was almost dead and could barely walk

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dragged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dragged	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 kids	nmod:poss
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dragged	nsubj
5	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dead	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dragged	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dragged	obl
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 dead	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 dead	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dead	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dead	cop
13	almost	almost	ADV	_	14 dead	advmod
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 walk	cc
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 walk	aux
17	barely	barely	ADV	_	18 walk	advmod
18	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drag	past	his kids	him = he	school		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to school=Destination
2	is	past	he			almost, dead property	tree rules
3	walk	could	he not said here			barely property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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