Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

Bruv, why'd the prince keep giving water to that voice in the barrel?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: keep, give · To what, where: prince, water, voice

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 keep	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 keep	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 prince	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 voice	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 voice	det
12	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 barrel	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 barrel	det
15	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 voice	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present		the prince				Bruv vocative	tree rules
2	give	gerund	the prince not said here	water	that voice in the barrel				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Theme to voice=Recipient

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

Cos his dad told him to do it, and he'd get a big reward from the palace if he got it right, innit

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 dad	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
12	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 reward	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 reward	amod
16	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 palace	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obl
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	22 got	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 got	nsubj
22	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 get	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 got	obj
24	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 got	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 innit	punct
26	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	his dad		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	his dad not said here	it				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	get	would	dad	a big reward		the palace		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reward=Theme from palace=Source
4	get a condition, not said to happen	past	dad	reward			right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Cos the voice was begging him proper, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 begging	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 voice	det
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 begging	aux
5	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 begging	obj
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 begging	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 begging	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 begging	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past · progressive	the voice		him = he			properly property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the barrel said it'd give him a magic horse if he kept filling it up, innit, and he's dead keen on horses

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 barrel	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 barrel	det
3	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 horse	det
10	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 horse	compound
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 kept	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	nsubj
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	advcl
15	filling	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 kept	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 filling	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	15 filling	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 give	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 keen	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 keen	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 keen	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 keen	cop
24	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 keen	amod
25	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
26	on	on	ADP	_	27 horses	case
27	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 keen	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past				cos the barrel	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	would	barrel	a magic horse	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme
3	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	horse				tree rules
4	fill up	gerund	horse not said here	barrel			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	innit	infinitive	barrel not said here				tree rules
6	is a	present	horse	dead keen		on horses	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he's dead soft and kind-hearted, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 soft	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 soft	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 soft	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soft	amod
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hearted	cc
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hearted	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 kind	punct
9	hearted	hearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soft	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soft	punct
11	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 soft	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					soft property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

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