Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and the Brides from the O…

Yo, so the bros dropped the rope on purpose, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bros · What happens: drop · To what, where: rope, purpose

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1532 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and the Brides from the Other World: the brothers' trick and the Prince as a tailor's lad» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 dropped	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bros	det
5	bros	bro	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	6 dropped	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the bros	the rope		purpose			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rope=Theme on purpose=Destination

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

Yeah, they wanted the brides for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brides	det
6	brides	bride	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 themselves	case
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	the brides				for brides = bride	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, a witch cut it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	nsubj
5	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	a witch	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 3

Nah, the rope just snapped by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 snapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snapped	nsubj:pass
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 snapped	advmod
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 itself	case
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 snapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	participle · passive	rope	the rope					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 4

Nah, the King told them to do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the King		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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