Test 2 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

ngl, why'd the two smart brothers climb the tippy-top of the oak?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: climb · To what, where: tippy top

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 climb	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 climb	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 climb	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brothers	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 brothers	nummod
7	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brothers	amod
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 climb	nsubj
9	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
11	tippy	tippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 top	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 tippy	punct
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 climb	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 oak	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 oak	det
16	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	would	ngl	the tippy top of the oak					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location top=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

Cause the one with the big beard told them the top had the best honey and sweet apples

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cause	obj
4	with	with	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beard	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beard	amod
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 top	det
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 told	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 honey	det
14	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 honey	amod
15	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 apples	cc
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 apples	amod
18	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 honey	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here	the one		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition one=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	the big beard		them = they	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have	past	the top	the best honey and sweet apples		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because they wanted to see the whole valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 valley	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 valley	amod
8	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the whole valley					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer valley=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cause they wanted to dodge the robbers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	acl:relcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dodge	mark
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robbers	det
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dodge	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	Cause not said here					tree rules
2	dodge not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cause not said here	the robbers					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent robber=Location

Option 4

Cause they wanted to spy on the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	acl:relcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spy	mark
5	spy	spy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 village	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 village	det
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	Cause not said here					tree rules
2	spy not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cause not said here			the village			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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