Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and the Brides from the O…

How'd the Prince get the robes, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: get · To what, where: robes

This is test 8 · ★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Prince	det
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robes	det
7	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 get	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	the Prince	the robes			then		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robe=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He used the magic eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eggs	compound
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	the magic eggs					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient

Option 2

He nicked them from the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nicked	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 King	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	He	them = they				from the King	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from king=Source

Option 3

He bought them off the tailor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 tailor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tailor	det
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	He	them = they				off the tailor	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

He got them from a witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 witch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He	them = they				from a witch	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from witch=Source

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