Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

Yo, so the twins walk in with their lambskin caps on, right, and the cushions just drop one by one like dominoes?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: twins, cushions · What happens: walk in, drop · To what, where: one

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 twins	det
5	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	nsubj
6	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 caps	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 caps	nmod:poss
10	lambskin	lambskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caps	compound
11	caps	cap	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	obl
12	on	on	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	6 walk	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 drop	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 drop	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cushions	det
18	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 drop	nsubj
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 drop	advmod
20	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	conj
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 drop	obj
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 one	case
23	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 one	nmod
24	like	like	ADP	_	25 dominoes	case
25	dominoes	domino	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 one	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	present	the twins					with twins's lambskin caps	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drop	present	the cushions	one				by one like dominoes	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme by one=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

Yeah, each time they sing, a cushion drops down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sing	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	obl:unmarked
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sing	nsubj
6	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 drops	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sing	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cushion	det
9	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drops	nsubj
10	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 drops	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	they				time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drop down	present	a cushion						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, the cushions stayed up the whole time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cushions	det
4	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stayed	nsubj
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 stayed	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay up	past	the cushions				time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, every time they sing a bit, another cushion crashes down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sing	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	obl:unmarked
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sing	nsubj
6	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 crashes	punct
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 cushion	det
11	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crashes	nsubj
12	crashes	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sing	conj
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 crashes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	they	a bit			time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme
2	crash down	present	another cushion					down property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, the cushions only fell when the emperor stood up and walked out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 cushions	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cushions	det
4	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fell	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stood	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 emperor	det
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stood	nsubj
10	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fell	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 stood	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fell	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the cushions		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand up	past	the emperor		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	walk out	past	the cushions not said here	out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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