Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a shi…

Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lad · What happens: shut · To what, where: eyes

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1238 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 shut	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shut	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shut	nsubj
5	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shut	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shut	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	5 shut	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	would	the lad	lad's eyes					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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

cos he didn't wanna see the pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
5	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 see	dep
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pitch	det
8	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	he	the pitch					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pitch=Stimulus

Option 2

cos the pitch was so hot it would melt his face right off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hot	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pitch	det
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 melt	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 melt	aux
9	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hot	ccomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 face	nmod:poss
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 melt	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	13 off	advmod
13	off	off	ADV	_	9 melt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive		the pitch		tree rules
2	is	past			hot property	tree rules
3	melt	would	pitch	his face	off property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient face=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cos his mum told him not to look at the pitch ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 look	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 look	mark
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 pitch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pitch	det
11	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	obl
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	his mum	him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	not look not said to happen	to-infinitive	his mum not said here		ever	at the pitch	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at pitch=Theme

Option 4

cos he didn't fancy the view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fancy	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 fancy	advmod
5	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 view	det
7	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fancy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fancy	past · do-support	he	the view					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus

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