Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

So the mom wanted puppies next, lol, what was up with that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mom · What happens: want, be · To what, where: puppies

This is test 7 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mom	det
3	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	obj
6	next	next	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lol	punct
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 that	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 that	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 that	cop
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 was	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 that	case
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 lol	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the mom	puppies				next property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot puppy=Theme
2	is	past						with that	tree rules

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

She wanted to see how the girls keep dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 keep	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girls	det
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	nsubj
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	ccomp
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	keep	present	the girls	dogs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 2

She just wanted puppies for her own children to play with all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 wanted	advmod
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 children	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 children	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 children	amod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	puppies				for her own children	tree rules
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	puppies not said here				day		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She wanted to test the girls' cooking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 test	mark
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girls	det
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cooking	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 girls	case
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the girls's cooking	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooking=Theme
3	cook		the girls		nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She wanted to see how the girls train dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 train	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girls	det
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 train	nsubj
8	train	train	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	ccomp
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 train	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	train	present	the girls	dogs	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

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