Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Ma…

so the ring stayed with martin for good?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ring · What happens: stay

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1720 «Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Martin's magic ring, and his castle is rebuilt» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 martin	case
6	martin	martin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stayed	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	the ring					with martin; for good	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with martin=Location

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

Nah, he gave it to the youths but then got it back later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 youths	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youths	det
8	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gave	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 got	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 got	advmod
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	it	the youths				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to youth=Recipient
2	get back	past	he not said here	it			then	late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, he never let it go, not even when the King asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 asked	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 asked	advmod
10	even	even	ADV	_	14 asked	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 asked	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 asked	nsubj
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 let	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not let	infinitive	he	it	tree rules
2	go	infinitive			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not ask speech: ask	past	the King		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yep, he kept it close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obj
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	it				close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he never let it go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	infinitive	he	it					tree rules
2	go	infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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