Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an ol…

Bro, why did the sons all act nice when he came back?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, act, come back · To what, where: sons

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sons	det
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 act	advmod
8	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 act	xcomp
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 came	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 nice	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the sons	Bro vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality
2	act	present			nice property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come back	past	he			vn escape-51.1-1 «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

They wanted him to go to school so the village would respect them and praise them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 respect	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 village	det
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 respect	aux
12	respect	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 respect	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 praise	cc
15	praise	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 respect	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 praise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	past	They	him = he		tree rules
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		school	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
3	respect	would	the village	them = they		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
4	praise	infinitive	the village not said here	them = they		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They wanted the money, obvs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 money	det
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 obvs	punct
6	obvs	obv	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	the money and obvs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They thought he was dying and wanted to be nice so he'd leave them his house

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dying	aux
5	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 nice	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 nice	cop
10	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wanted	xcomp
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 leave	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leave	nsubj
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 leave	aux
14	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leave	obj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 house	nmod:poss
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	die	past · progressive	he			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	want	past	They not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		nice property	tree rules
5	leave	would	he	them = they		vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme house=Attribute

Option 4

They wanted to be kind, honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 kind	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 honest	punct
7	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	past	They		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	kind property	tree rules
3	be		They not said here		tree rules

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