Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

Wait, what does the ring do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ring · What happens: wait, do

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	present · do-support	the ring						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

twelve soldiers jump out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 soldiers	nummod
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jump	nsubj
3	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump out	present	twelve soldiers					out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

twelve young men pop up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 men	nummod
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 men	amod
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pop	nsubj
4	pop	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pop	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	present	twelve young men						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

twelve young men pop up and do whatever you command instantly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 men	nummod
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 men	amod
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pop	nsubj
4	pop	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pop	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 do	cc
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pop	conj
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 do	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 command	nsubj
10	command	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	acl:relcl
11	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	10 command	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pop up	present	twelve young men			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	infinitive	twelve young men not said here	whatever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality
3	command	present	you		instantly property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent

Option 4

twelve guards come and obey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 guards	nummod
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 obey	cc
5	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 come	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	twelve guards						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	obey	present	twelve guards not said here						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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